The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium recently announced the complete genome sequencing of the cultivated potato plant, Solanum tuberosum L.
This comes hot on the heels of the genetic sequencing of one of its infamous enemies, Phytophthora infestans, the cause of late blight.
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Books:
- Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants
- Potato cultivar genome analysis - chapter in Plant pathology: techniques and protocols v.508
- Genetic improvement of solanaceous crops
- Potato biology and biotechnology: advances and perspectives
- Genera Solanacearum: the genera of Solanaceae illustrated, arranged according to a new system
- Advances in potato chemistry and technology
Dissertations and theses:
- Molecular phylogeny of Solanum subgenus Potatoe, sections Lycopersicon and Petota
- Molecular characterization of the broad-spectrum potato late blight resistance gene RB
- Phylogenetic analysis of wild potato species, Solanum series Conicibaccata by morphology and conserved orthologous set II (COSII) markers
- Evolutionary relationships of Solanum series Piurana and related species in Solanum section Petota (wild potatoes)
- Morphometric study of species boundaries of the wild potato Solanum brevicaule complex: replicated field trials in Argentina and Peru
- Nuclear RFLP phylogenies of Solanum sect, Petota reflect biogeography but not EBN, ploidy, or genome designations
- Genetic analysis of R9 conditioning late-blight resistance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
- Late blight resistance linkages in a novel cross of the wild potato species Solanum paucissectum (series Piurana)
Conference proceedings:
- Proceedings of the IVth Balkan Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes: Plovdiv, Bulgaria, September 9-12, 2008
- Solanaceae VI: genomics meets biodiversity: proceedings of the VIth International Solanaceae Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, July 23-27, 2006
Journal articles:
- High density molecular linkage maps of the tomato and potato genomes
- Organization of genes controlling disease resistance in the potato genome
- Comparative genomics enabled the isolation of the R3a late blight resistance gene in potato
- Draft Potato Genome Based On Unique Potato Variety (9/28/09)
- With Map Of Potato Genome, Scientists Hope To Improve Crop Yield (9/25/09)
- Potato blight reveals some secrets as genome is decoded (9/9/09)
- Blight affecting tomatoes and potatoes (7/5/09)
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