ABSTRACT
During its entire life cycle, a potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber passes through several developmental phases. These include organogenesis, tuber bulking, dormancy, resource mobilization and sprouting, followed by the creation of a new plant that will produce the next generation of tubers. Although a potato tuber is a relatively simple organ consisting essentially of a swollen below-ground stem, its life cycle requires the orchestration of a series of complex physiological processes and metabolic pathways, many of which are most likely regulated by many different genes.
