Somatic hybridization has been used in potato to overcome the sexual barriers between the
cultivated (Solanum tuberosum L.) and wild species. To date hundreds of inter/intra-specific …

Summary Both Solanum tuberosum and Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype IIB originated in
South America and share a long‐term co‐evolutionary history. However, our knowledge of …

Solanum stoloniferum, one of the wild tetraploid Solanum species belonging to the
Solanaceae family, is an excellent resource for potato breeding owing to its resistance to …

The book delves into post-genomics advances in potato improvement since the potato
genome sequencing in 2011. It includes recent developments in the field of potato genetic …

Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum spp., is one of the most common diseases affecting
sweet pepper and chilli pepper production worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical …

Potato is an important crop, used not only for food production but also for various industrial
applications. With the introduction of the potato as a staple food strategy, the potato industry …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the fourth most essential staple crop after rice, wheat, and
maize. It is a new world crop that was not known to other parts of the world until the sixteenth …

This chapter presents a summary of published work on the development, achievements and
interconnections of research on potato somatic cell genetics. To maintain genetic stability …

Solanum stoloniferum is a wild tuber-bearing species belonging to Solanaceae family. The
complete chloroplast genome of S. stoloniferum was constituted by de novo assembly using …

The aim of this chapter is to describe in a synthetic manner the most efficient
biotechnological techniques which can be applied in potato breeding with emphasis on …