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Research Project: Maximizing the Impact of Potato Genebank Resources: Development and Evaluation of a Wild Species Genotype Diversity Panel

Location: Vegetable Crops Research

Title: Diploid breeding is a new beginning. What does the ending look like?

Author
item Bethke, Paul

Submitted to: Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Associaiton Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/21/2022
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Diploid potato breeding efforts are underway in the United States and elsewhere. These activities have been undertaken with the belief that diploid breeding produces more predictable genetic outcomes than the current tetraploid breeding system, and the rate of variety improvement will increase with diploid breeding compared to tetraploid breeding. Various ways that diploid breeding might change the potato industry are discussed. These changes are likely to be largest for growers of early generation seed potatoes. In the near term, growers of the commercial crop are unlikely to see substantial changes in their operations. All parts of the potato production system will benefit if new potato varieties better meet industry needs.