Potato genome decoded https://www.mpg.de/18386613/potato-genome
More than 20 years after the first release of the human genome, scientists at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, have for the first time decoded the highly complex genome of the potato. This technically demanding study lays the biotechnological foundation to accelerate the breeding of more robust varieties – a goal in plant breeding for many years and an important step for global food security.
Campoy, Manish Goel, Kat Folz-Donahue, Christian Kukat, Bruno Huettel and Korbinian