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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 · Introduction. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important food for human consumption behind wheat and rice, and among the top horticultural crops.Citation 1 Two thirds of the annual yield is marketed fresh, while the remainder is processed for snack and other industrial food products, including animal feed, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, wood, and textile commodities.
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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 ...
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.
Feb 27, 2020 · February 27, 2020. Dr. Eric Magembe is committed to using the tools of genetic engineering to fight the devasating potato late blight disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Since the onset of his career, Magembe, a research scientist with the International Potato Center (CIP), has been curious to see how science can be translated into solutions.
Oct 20, 2022 · Plant Material. The transgenic potatoes used in the experiment were obtained from the cultivar King Edward, the most common cultivar in Sweden. 38 King Edward plants stacked with three R-genes (RB and Rpi-blb2 from Solanum bulbocastanum, and Rpi-vnt1.1 from Solanum venturi) were produced using Agrobacterium tumefaciens following published procedures. 39 Three transformed lines were selected ...
Jan 10, 2022 · Since the first report on a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in potato in 2015 (Wang et al., 2015), this system has been applied in number of basic research studies and in improving important traits in potato, including its nutritional quality, modification of tuber starch composition, post-harvest quality enhancement, biotic stress ...
