Ex situ conservation priorities for the wild relatives of potato (solanum L. Section petota).

ABSTRACT: Crop wild relatives have a long history of use in potato breeding, particularly for pest and disease resistance, and are expected to be increasingly used in the search for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Their current and future use in crop improvement depends on their availability in ex situ germplasm collections. As these plants are impacted in the wild by habitat destruction and climate change, actions to ensure their conservation ex situ become ever more urgent. We analyzed the state of ex situ conservation of 73 of the closest wild relatives of potato (Solanum section Petota) with the aim of establishing priorities for further collecting to fill important gaps in germplasm collections. A total of 32 species (43.8%), were assigned high priority for further collecting due to s

SUBMITTER: Castaneda-Alvarez NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4414521 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature