ABSTRACT

Potato is the most significant non-cereal crop. Much attention has been paid to this commercially important crop. The aim of this volume is to capture the recent advances made in improving potatoes using traditional breeding methods as well as genetic engineering technology. The book provides a critical appraisal of the state-of-the-art finding on

chapter 1|38 pages

Conservation of Potato GeneticResources

chapter 5|14 pages

Improvement at the Diploid Species Level

chapter 8|20 pages

Approaches to Gene Isolationin Potato

chapter 11|32 pages

Transformation for Insect Resistance

chapter 13|46 pages

Resistance to Viruses

chapter 14|58 pages

Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens

chapter 15|22 pages

Resistance to Late Blight and Other Fungi