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NSF Potato Genome
NSF Potato Genome

Corollas of Solanum sect. Petota from Mexico and Central America.

Spores of P. infestans, the plant pathogen responsible for the Irish potato famine.

Eleven R genes for resistance to P. infestans have been introgressed into cultivated potato from Solanum demissum.

The NSF funded Potato Genome Project conducts research on potato and other Solanaceae and provides the scientific  community with genomic resources. Participating investigators include - Dr. Barbara Baker, UC Berkeley - Dr. Chuck Brown, WSU & USDA-ARS Prosser - Dr. Robin Buell TIGR - Drs. James Bradeen and Georgiana May, UM, Twin Cities Dr. Jiming Jiang, U. WI, Madison, and Dr. Molly Jahn, Cornell.
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