erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes
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wild potato::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | solanum jamesii |
| Type of | vine |
Examples of wild potato
wild potato
This was achieved by introducing a gene from a wild potato into a commercial one.
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They found resistance in the wild potato species S. chacoense and crossed it with the cultivated potato.
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Researchers have found the wild potato species Solanum verrucosum to resist the late blight disease.
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Breeders might, for example, mate a commercial potato with a wild potato that is resistant to an insect pest.
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Halterman has identified a wild potato species called Solanum verrucosum that contains a gene with resistance to late blight, considered the most destructive disease of potato.
From the sciencedaily.com
Wild potato plants which grow in South America are reasonably resistant to such attacks because potato-resistant proteins recognize the invaders and block their advance.
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Researchers at the CIP and in Mexico are studying types of wild potato which have evolved in Mexico alongside both forms of late blight fungus and are more resistant to the disease.
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However, at least one wild potato species, Solanum fendleri, is found as far north as Texas and used in breeding for resistance to a nematode species that attacks cultivated potatoes.
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In addition to this, researchers are crossing Solanum verrucosum with another wild potato species that is resistant to early blight, making a hybrid that is resistant to both late and early blight.
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