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May 26, 2020 · The 100-plus wild species relatives of potato provide a virtually endless source of traits that can be incorporated into elite varieties relatively easily and quickly. Read the original post X ...
Jan 6, 2022 · This review aims to highlight the current genetic engineering tools that are being employed in potato improvement, with special emphasis on varieties that have reached the market. It examines the traits that have been modified in potato, the methods used, and the final outcomes.
- 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
- 2021
- GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
Feb 17, 2014 · British scientists have developed genetically modified potatoes that are resistant to the vegetable's biggest threat - blight. A three-year trial has shown that these potatoes can thrive...
Sep 14, 2022 · Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are one of the most important crops worldwide. However, its production and nutrient content are endangered by both biotic and abiotic stresses. The main yield losses are caused by pest damage (e.g., Colorado potato beetle and aphids), virus disease (e.g., Potato leafroll virus and Potato viruses Y and X), or oomycete pathogens (like Phytophthora infestans), which ...
Oct 20, 2022 · Novel food production methods will be essential agricultural elements of a sustainable future, 5 and crucial to meet urgent needs for adaptation to anticipated climate change. 6 However, despite scientists widely agreeing that crop cultivars developed using gene technology in plant breeding are as safe for human consumption as conventionally ...
- 10.1080/21645698.2022.2133396
- 2022
- GM Crops Food. 2022; 13(1): 290-298.
In 2014, a team of British scientists published a paper about three-year field trial showing that another genetically modified version of the Désirée cultivar can resist infection after exposure to late blight, one of the most serious diseases of potatoes.
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Jan 9, 2022 · While wide climate adaptability has facilitated potato to be extensively distributed in the world, several factors like climate change, industrialization, and urbanization have overburdened the existing agriculture lands and food resources (Badami and Ramankutty, 2015; Tiwari et al., 2020). Moreover, potato production faces important challenges ...
