Article
Ex situ conservation priorities for the wild relatives of potato (solanum L. Section petota).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Castañeda-Álvarez Nora P, de Haan Stef, Juárez Henry, Khoury Colin K, Achicanoy Harold A, Sosa Chrystian C, Bernau Vivian, Salas Alberto, Heider Bettina, Simon Reinhard, Maxted Nigel, Spooner David M
Abstract excerpt
Crop wild relatives have a long history of use in potato breeding, particularly for pest and disease resistance, and are expected to be increasingly used in the search for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Their current and future use in crop improvement depends on their availability in ex situ germplasm collections. As these plants are impacted in the wild by habitat destruction and climate change,...
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