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Volume 31, No 11, Nov 2021

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 31 Issue 11, November 2021: 1144-1145   |  Open Access

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

The reinvention of potato

Martin Mascher1,2,* , Murukarthick Jayakodi1 , Nils Stein1,3,*

1Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
2German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
3Center for Integrated Breeding Research (CiBreed), Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Correspondence: Martin Mascher(mascher@ipk-gatersleben.de)Nils Stein(stein@ipk-gatersleben.de)

True-seed potato has been the holy grail of potato breeding for decades; genetic improvement, notably resistance breeding, has lagged behind in this vegetatively propagated, polyploid staple crop. A recent study by Zhang et al. in Cell shows how genomics can greatly expedite the transition from tuber to seed crop and boost yields by growing F1 hybrids of custom-made inbred lines developed from plant genetic resources.


https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00542-5

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