An international breeding project using a wild potato relative Solanum commersonii resulted in two new frost-tolerant native potato cultivars for the Andes and the Altiplano

This breeding project, initiated at the United States Potato Genebank (USPG) in collaboration with Peruvian partners Instituto Nacional de Innovacion Agraria (INIA), International Potato Center, Peru (CIP), and local farmers, sought to enhance cold hardiness and frost tolerance in native potato cult...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Plant Science
Main Authors:	Jesus H. Arcos-Pineda, Alfonso H. del Rio, John B. Bamberg, Sandra E. Vega-Semorile, Jiwan P. Palta, Alberto Salas, Rene Gomez, William Roca, David Ellis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Subjects:	andean potato cultivars climate change benefit sharing frost tolerance genetic diversity potato wild relatives
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1358565/full