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Colorado State University (CSU) is recognized as one of the premier research institutions and routinely ranks in the top of all American Universities in research expenditures.

The CSU operates a potato research program.

The Colorado State University potato program is based at the San Luis Valley Research Center which is engaged in various potato research programs include breeding and selection, pathology, crop management and field physiology, postharvest physiology, and seed certification.

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Online tool to detect blackleg disease in potato using DNA testing has widespread application
December 05, 2019

Online tool to detect blackleg disease in potato using DNA testing has widespread application

Scientists have developed a user-friendly online tool called Uniqprimer, which quickly and automatically designs species-specific DNA tags (also known as primers) for detecting pathogens such as Dickeya dianthicola using DNA testing.
Colorado State University to study the spread of pathogens in US potato crops
June 12, 2017

Colorado State University to study the spread of pathogens in US potato crops

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner this week announced that Colorado State University will receive $264,600 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the spread of pathogens in U.S potato crops.
Colorado State University develops nutrient-rich purple potatoes
May 23, 2016

Colorado State University develops nutrient-rich purple potatoes

Purple potatoes might not be the first thing that comes to mind when trying to increase vitamin, mineral and antioxidant intake. However, a group of researchers from CSU have recently developed potato varieties that satisfy these nutritional needs and could act as a preventive measure to several diseases.
Mountain Rose in the White House kitchen garden
April 28, 2012

Colorado State University potatoes well represented in White House Garden

You say potato. I say Colorado. When First Lady Michelle Obama and a passel of schoolchildren recently planted vegetables in the White House kitchen garden, three of five potato varieties plunked into the soil were developed by Colorado State University.