Potatoes represent an important staple food crop across the planet. Yet, to maintain tuber
quality and extend availability, there is a necessity to store tubers for long periods often …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) breeders consider a large number of traits during cultivar
development and progress in conventional breeding can be slow. There is accumulating …

Potato is a major global crop that has an important role to play in food security, reducing
poverty and improving human nutrition. Enhanced atmospheric CO 2 concentrations provide …

Background Gene editing using the CRISPR/Cas9 system has become a routinely applied
method in several plant species. The most convenient gene delivery system is …

The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), one of the most important food crops worldwide, is
sensitive to environmental stresses. Sensor–responder complexes comprising calcineurin B …

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

Noncommercial varieties of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) harbor genetic potential for
improvements of disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance in commercial potato …

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 …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Current
potato varieties are highly susceptible to drought stress. In view of global climate change …

The goal of germplasm enhancement is to introgress traits from wild crop relatives into
cultivated material and eventually cultivars. It seeks to restore genetic diversity that has been …