The Potato Crop: Its Agricultural, Nutritional and Social Contribution to Humankind

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems  (André Devaux, Jean-Pierre Goffart, Athanasios Petsakos, Peter Kromann, Marcel Gatto, Julius Okello et al.)....Pages 3-35
 The Potato and Its Contribution to the Human Diet and Health  (Gabriela Burgos, Thomas Zum Felde, Christelle Andre, Stan Kubow)....Pages 37-74
 Enhancing Value Chain Innovation Through Collective Action: Lessons from the Andes, Africa, and Asia  (André Devaux, Claudio Velasco, Miguel Ordinola, Diego Naziri)....Pages 75-106
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 Ex Situ Conservation of Potato [Solanum Section Petota (Solanaceae)] Genetic Resources in Genebanks  (David Ellis, Alberto Salas, Oswaldo Chavez, Rene Gomez, Noelle Anglin)....Pages 109-138
 The Genes and Genomes of the Potato  (Marc Ghislain, David S. Douches)....Pages 139-162
 Potato Breeding  (Meredith W. Bonierbale, Walter R. Amoros, Elisa Salas, Walter de Jong)....Pages 163-217
 Genetics and Cytogenetics of the Potato  (Rodomiro Ortiz, Elisa Mihovilovich)....Pages 219-247
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 Insect Pests Affecting Potatoes in Tropical, Subtropical, and Temperate Regions  (Jürgen Kroschel, Norma Mujica, Joshua Okonya, Andrei Alyokhin)....Pages 251-306
 Fungal, Oomycete, and Plasmodiophorid Diseases of Potato  (Birgit Adolf, Jorge Andrade-Piedra, Francisco Bittara Molina, Jaroslaw Przetakiewicz, Hans Hausladen, Peter Kromann et al.)....Pages 307-350
 Bacterial Diseases of Potato  (Amy Charkowski, Kalpana Sharma, Monica L. Parker, Gary A. Secor, John Elphinstone)....Pages 351-388
 Viral Diseases in Potato  (J. F. Kreuze, J. A. C. Souza-Dias, A. Jeevalatha, A. R. Figueira, J. P. T. Valkonen, R. A. C. Jones)....Pages 389-430
 Potato Seed Systems  (Gregory A. Forbes, Amy Charkowski, Jorge Andrade-Piedra, Monica L. Parker, Elmar Schulte-Geldermann)....Pages 431-447
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 Participatory Research (PR) at CIP with Potato Farming Systems in the Andes: Evolution and Prospects  (Oscar Ortiz, Graham Thiele, Rebecca Nelson, Jeffery W. Bentley)....Pages 451-473
 Gender Topics on Potato Research and Development  (Netsayi Noris Mudege, Silvia Sarapura Escobar, Vivian Polar)....Pages 475-506
Back Matter ....Pages 507-518