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News Release 11-137

New Genetic Map of Potato May Lead to Improved Crops

Improved potato crops would help feed the hungry

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various types of potatoes that are grown in Peru.

Various types of potatoes that are grown in Peru. These potatoes differ in shape, skin pigmentation and flesh pigmentation.

Credit: C. Robin Muell, Michigan State University


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Robin Buell of Michigan State University explains the importance of the potato genome.

Credit: John Wassel and Amy Fenton, National Science Foundation