Scientists seek blight-resistant spuds

Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 11:02 in Health & Medicine

Potatoes offering elevated levels of phytonutrients thought to promote health could add a new dimension to the consumer diet. But the journey from farm to fork can be a perilous one fraught with sundry microorganisms ready to attack the spuds, either while they're still in the ground or during storage.

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