Plant morphological changes mediated by growth conditions are linked to changes in host preference of herbivores. Understanding how these morphological changes inßuence herbivore feeding is critical in the interpretationof results of host evaluationof candidateweedbiocontrol agents in quarantine and improvement of the evaluation system. We determined the effect of plant growth conditions on lea...

Pigmented potato cultivars were ranked by a consumer panel for overall acceptance, and acceptance of aroma, appearance, and flavor. Potatoes were analyzed for total phenolics, anthocyanins and carotenoids. Concentrations of total phenolics in yellow and purple potato cultivars were 2-fold greater (P < 0.001) than in the white cultivar. Anthocyanins were low to non-detectable in white and yellow...

Wild potato contains about 100 species that are native to the Americas from the southwestern United States to central Chile and adjacent Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. We report the occurrence of naturalized populations of the wild potato Solanum chacoense in seven sites in southern Australia, eastern China, England, New Zealand, the eastern United States, central Peru, and ...

Cultivated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), domesticated from wild Solanum species native to the Andes of southern Peru, possess a diverse gene pool representing more than 100 tuber-bearing relatives (Solanum section Petota). A diversity panel of wild species, landraces, and cultivars was sequenced to assess genetic variation within tuber-bearing Solanum and the impact of domestication on genom...

this research was performed in order to study and diagnose potato virus y,potyvirus (pvy), potato virus x,potexvirus (pvx), potato virus s,carlavirus (pvs), potato virus a,potyvirus(pva) and potato leafroll luteovirus (plrv) on tubers and leaves of different potato varieties, namely, solea, safran, floris, proventa, milva, universa, lady olympia, vangogh, and marabel grown in afyon region of tu...

Permeability coefficients (Kp) of nonelectroytes were determined at several temperatures for nonacclimated and acclimated plasma membranes of the frost sensitive Solanum tuberosum and the frost resistant Solanum commersonii. In nonacclimated membranes, Kp were equal at 25 degrees C for the two species. Kp decreased with decreased temperature in both species; however, the decrease was much great...

the presented study aimed at investigating the effect of foliar application of amino acids and nano particles and chelated iron on photosynthetic pigments and yield of potato. to this end a factorial experiment was carried out in the form of randomized complete block design with three replications in 2013, in the research field of natural resources institute in damavand, iran. the first factor ...

Mechanism of microtuberization in three elite cultivars kufri badhsha (KB), kufri chandramukhi (KCM) and kufri jawahar (KJ) of potato was studied. Sprouts of all the three cultivars were used to obtain in vitro shoot cultures. MS medium supplemented with chlorocholine chloride was found to be most suitable for all the cultivars. Maximum tuberization was obtained under incubation conditions of c...