Green Matters on MSN8 个月
Taro, Like Ube, Is a Popular Veggie Similar to Sweet Potatoes — but What Does It Taste Like?
According to National Geographic, taro leaves and roots are poisonous when ... can agree about one of the world's oldest ...
National Geographic news6 年
Reviving Hawaii’s Most Valued Crop
Known locally as kalo, the plant has been fundamental to the Hawaiian ... taro has been succumbing to taro leaf blight, a disease caused by water mold. Many of Hawaii’s traditional varieties ...
Phys.org1 个月
Advances in taro research: New gene silencing system enables rapid gene function verification
A research team has established a virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) system in taro ... the entire leaf turned white, indicating successful gene silencing in 12.23% of the plants.