Efficiency and precision in plant breeding can be enhanced by using diagnostic DNA-based
markers for the selection of superior cultivars. This technique has been applied to many …

Background Current breeding approaches in potato rely almost entirely on phenotypic
evaluations; molecular markers, with the exception of a few linked to disease resistance …

Potato is the third most important crop, after rice and wheat, in human diets worldwide.
Genetic gains due to its crossbreeding for productivity per se appear to be stagnant in this …

Potato is the third most important global food crop and the most widely grown noncereal
crop. As a species highly amenable to cell culture, it has a long history of biotechnology …

Potato is an important food crop due to its increasing consumption, and as a result, there is
demand for varieties with improved production. However, the current status of breeding for …

Potato is the world's third most important crop, and is becoming increasingly important in
developing countries. Cultivated potato is a highly heterozygous tetraploid (2n= 4x= 48) and …

To facilitate genome-guided breeding in potato, we developed an 8303 Single Nucleotide
Polymorphism (SNP) marker array using potato genome and transcriptome resources. To …

Wild potato species have substantial phenotypic and physiological diversity. Here, we report
a comprehensive assessment of wild and cultivated potato species based on genomic …

Potato is a member of the Solanaceae, a plant family that includes several other
economically important species, such as tomato, eggplant, petunia, tobacco and pepper …

A very narrow genetic base of cultivated potato has permitted the collection and
conservation of its landraces and wild relatives as sources of resistant and agronomically …