Breeding strategies for late blight resistance in potato crop: recent developments

D Angmo, SP Sharma, A Kalia - Molecular Biology Reports, 2023 - Springer
Late blight (LB) is a serious disease that affects potato crop and is caused by Phytophthora
infestans. Fungicides are commonly used to manage this disease, but this practice has led …

Overview on domestication, breeding, genetic gain and improvement of tuber quality traits of potato using fast forwarding technique (GWAS): A review

M Naeem, U Demirel, MF Yousaf, S Caliskan… - Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tuber quality is the subject of great interest among the processing industry and consumers
worldwide. Being a polygenic trait, its enhancement requires a systematic understanding of …

Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing can deliver potato cultivars with reduced browning and acrylamide

DNP Ly, S Iqbal, J Fosu-Nyarko, S Milroy, MGK Jones - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Storing potato tubers at cold temperatures, either for transport or continuity of supply, is
associated with the conversion of sucrose to reducing sugars. When cold-stored cut tubers …

Genomic regions associated with tuber traits in tetraploid potatoes and identification of superior clones for breeding purposes

J Pandey, DC Scheuring, JW Koym… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In potato breeding, morphological tuber traits are important selection targets to meet the
demands of the fresh and processing markets. Understanding the genetic basis of tuber …

Genome-Based Genotype × Environment Prediction Enhances Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Improvement Using Pseudo-Diploid and Polysomic Tetraploid …

R Ortiz, J Crossa, F Reslow… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Potato breeding must improve its efficiency by increasing the reliability of selection as well
as identifying a promising germplasm for crossing. This study shows the prediction accuracy …

Association mapping reveals novel genomic regions controlling some root and stolon traits in tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

MF Yousaf, U Demirel, M Naeem, ME Çalışkan - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
Tuber crops have measurable biological variation in root and stolon phenotyping and thus
may be utilized to identify genomic regions associated with these variations. This is the first …

Diversity of late blight resistance genes in the VIR potato collection

EV Rogozina, AA Gurina, NA Chalaya, NM Zoteyeva… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Late blight (LB) caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is the
greatest threat to potato production worldwide. Current potato breeding for LB resistance …

Evaluation of genetic resources in a potato breeding program for chip quality

R Ruiz de Arcaute, A Carrasco, F Ortega… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to assess the ability of experimental advanced breeding
clones as parental genotypes to transmit agronomic and quality traits to their progenies in …

Late blight resistance in wild potato species—Resources for future potato (Solanum tuberosum) breeding

J Blossei, R Gäbelein, T Hammann… - Plant Breeding, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Late blight remains the most devastating disease in potato cultivation. The best protection
against this disease could be achieved by durably resistant cultivars, but these do not exist …

Wild potatoes: A genetic reservoir for potato breeding

I Bashir, R Nicolao, G Heiden - Wild germplasm for genetic improvement in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wild potatoes represent a large genetic reservoir for potato breeding with current use and
potential to provide countless genes for novel traits, and resistances for abiotic and biotic …