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Potato Crossbreeding We all know there are different potato varieties. Depending on where you live, you may know Bintje (continental Europe), Russet Burbank (US, Canada), Maris Piper (UK) or Kufri Jyoti (India)

How many potato varieties there are in total? Probably far more than you think!

Given the fact that there are over 4200 native potato varieties described and multiple databases and books identify well over 5000 cultivated potato varieties, PotatoPro estimates the total number of potato varieties well over 10.000.

Potato breeders furthermore create a continuous stream of new potato varieties. Although new genetic tools (e.g. markers) play an increasingly important role in potato breeding, genetically modified potato varieties do not have any commercial impact to date and are in fact absent in most markets, including North America and Europe (except for non-food potato starch, where recently a genetically modified potato variety became available).

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Making a potato variety heat tolerant could be as simple as switching a single gene

Scientists have identified a version of a single gene involved in the heat stress response that is more active in potato types that can tolerate high temperature, potentially providing potato breeders a tool to make potato varieties less vulnerable to increased temperature.

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

United Kingdom

New Zealand get's its own brand of low carb potatoes: 'Lotatoes™'

In New Zealand, produce company T&G is launching a new brand of low carb potatoes with the memorable name 'Lotatoes'.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

New Zealand

Simplot postpones commercial introduction of Innate GMO potatoes in Canada

Simplot Plant Sciences will not commercially launch its Innate GMO potatoes in Canada this year, despite regulatory approval and interest among potato farmers to grow these new potatoes

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Canada

Neiker Tecnalia to start field trial of potato varieties with benefits

NEIKER-Tecnalia is conducting research since 2014 with the objective to identify potato varieties with high levels of bioactive compounds (anthocyanins, phenols and total carotenoids - all having potential potential health benefits), and are adapted to the growing conditions in Spain.

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Sunday, May 28, 2017

Spain

Value HZPC certificate again increases by the maximum amount

Value HZPC certificates again increases by the maximum amount

The value of the certificate of share of HZPC Holding B.V., the world leader in potato breeding and seed potato trade, is determined on € 165.65 at the bi-annual stock trading day. This means again a maximum increase of the value of 10% and it brings the market value to € 129.8 million.

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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Netherlands

Genetically engineered potatoes approved for Maine

With little fanfare, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control unanimously approved on Friday morning the registration of three new types of genetically engineered potatoes that have been developed by Simplot Plant Sciences.

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Sunday, May 14, 2017

United States

Colombia: Con mejoramiento genético se obtendrían papas tolerantes a sequías

Mediante el estudio del genoma de papas nativas de Nariño, una investigación en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (U.N.) indaga secuencias de tolerancia a estrés por déficit de agua que permitan obtener papas comerciales con esta característica.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Colombia

From test tube to plate, UW–Madison program keeps potatoes clean

Years before that french fry landed on your plate, the plant that would eventually give rise to the spud your fry was cut from was sealed away deep in a secure-access building, growing slowly in a test tube inside a locked growth chamber.

Potato Supply chain

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

United States

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