purple potatoes will become the source of a new generation of natural food colors that are gradually replacing the traditional synthetic dyes and colors derived from insects.
The argument is at the center of 246ma "Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society " , the largest scientific society in the world, at the Indiana Convention Center (USA) .

Potatoes in the diet of children and adolescents do not undermine the other vegetables indeed, those who consume high amounts generally are those who eat , in all, more vegetables. The study, which contradicts previous research conducted on the same subject , was presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ( FASEB ) Conference being held these days in Washington DC (USA). .

A group of researchers at the Pontificia Universidad del Peru has developed a new , more effective, but much less invasive , to knock out the moth Guatemala , one of the most aggressive insect pests of potato plantations . In collaboration with a group of French researchers from the Institute de recherche pour le developpement ( IRD) , biologists Peruvians have selected strains of a particular virus , the granulovirus , responsible for the gritty and have used them for the purpose of biological control.