In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably
will require substantial improvements to the global food system worldwide. The main …

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not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture …

Food systems face new climatic and socioecological challenges and farmers need a
diversity of new plant varieties to respond to these. While plant breeding is important …

Viruses are among the most significant biotic constraints in potato production. In the century
since the discovery of the first potato viruses we have learned more and more about these …

In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably
will require substantial improvements to the global food system worldwide. The main …

Certain viruses dramatically affect yield and quality of potatoes and have proved difficult to
eradicate with current approaches. Here, we describe a reliable and efficient virus …

The global average potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production is 17.4 t ha-1. Even using the
same potato varieties, there is a large gap between higher yields and lower yields among …

Seed systems for roots, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops receive relatively little attention from
development-oriented research and commercial seed sector actors, despite their importance …

Seed systems research is central to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals. Improved varieties with promise for ending hunger, improving nutrition, and …

Root and tuber crops (RTCs) are the second-most important carbohydrate commodity after
cereals. Many species of the RTCs are vegetatively propagated, making their shoot tips the …