Key message This article evaluates the main contributions of tomato, tobacco, petunia,
potato, pepper and eggplant to classical and molecular plant genetics and genomics since …

Reinventing potato from a clonally propagated tetraploid into a seed-propagated diploid,
hybrid potato, is an important innovation in agriculture. Due to deleterious mutations, it has …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an annual dicotyledonous tuber crop originating from the
Americas and now distributed all over the world. A member of the Solanaceae family, potato …

Key message Genomic prediction models for starch content and chipping quality show
promising results, suggesting that genomic selection is a feasible breeding strategy in …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become a powerful tool for analyzing
complex traits in crop plants. The current study evaluates the efficacy of various GWAS …

Potato is a major food crop in the United States and around the world. Most potatoes grown
in the United States are destined for processing. Genomic selection can speed up breeding …

Somatic hybridization has been frequently used to overcome sexual incompatibility between
potato and its secondary germplasm. The primary objective of this study was to produce and …

Hidden hunger is leading to extensive health problems in the developing world. Several
strategies could be used to reduce the micronutrient deficiencies by increasing the dietary …

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 …

Long-term site-specific studies describing changes in the phenotypic variability of
Phytophthora infestans populations allow quantitative predictions of pathogen spread and …