Solanum demissum is a species of wild potato in the family Solanaceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala.[1] It has been extensively used as a source of alleles for resistance to Phytophthora infestans, the cause of late potato blight, to improve the domestic potato Solanum tuberosum.[2][3]
Solanum demissum | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: | Solanum |
Species: | S. demissum
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Solanum demissum | |
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Disease
editThis species or S. stoloniferum may be used to replace cultivated potato due to their superior disease resistance.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Solanum demissum Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Kashtwari M, Mansoor S, et al. (2022). "Random mutagenesis in vegetatively propagated crops: opportunities, challenges and genome editing prospects". Molecular Biology Reports. 49 (6): 5729–5749. doi:10.1007/s11033-021-06650-0. PMID 34427889. S2CID 237279816. S2CID 254832238.
- ^ Ono, Seijiro; Sanetomo, Rena; Hosaka, Kazuyoshi (2016). "Genetic transmission of Solanum demissum (2n = 6x = 72) chromosomes from a pentaploid hybrid of S. tuberosum (2n = 4x = 48) into the aneuploid BC1 progeny". Euphytica. 207: 149–168. doi:10.1007/s10681-015-1558-1. S2CID 15300886. S2CID 254470534.
- ^ Fernie, Alisdair Robert; Yan, Jianbing (2019). "De Novo Domestication: An Alternative Route toward New Crops for the Future". Molecular Plant. 12 (5): 615–631. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2019.03.016. PMID 30999078. S2CID 121615993.
- ^ Zsögön, Agustin; Cermak, Tomas; Voytas, Dan; Peres, Lázaro Eustáquio Pereira (2017). "Genome editing as a tool to achieve the crop ideotype and de novo domestication of wild relatives". Plant Science. 256: 120–130. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.12.012. PMID 28167025.