ABSTRACT
Potato is native to South America. Its genetic diversity in terms of landraces and wild species occurs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Potato cultivation is distributed between 40°N and 20°S lati tudes. It grows well in temperate regions, especially in Europe and North America. In the tropics, it does better at higher elevations. Besides North America, it is cultivated in Belarus, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Sudan, Ukraine and United Kingdom.
