US researchers awarded $1.37m to reduce potato losses during storage
The University's Kosma-Santos lab, in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, was recently awarded a $1.37m grant by the National Science Foundation to investigate the molecular-genetics and biochemistry that underlies potato crop losses during tuber storage. A large proportion of these crop losses are due to factors such as rapid water loss and disease while in storage.
"Even a 5 percent reduction in potato losses during storage would improve the economic return for the producers and the potato industry by $170 million," Kosma said.
source: unr.edu
