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Molecular Genetics of Potato

  • S. G. Ball
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Part of the Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry book series (AGRICULTURE, volume 3)

Abstract

This review aims to summarize current advances in the field of molecular genetics of potato. However, in order to restrain this paper to a suitable size, virological problems (including viroids) have not been covered. Particular attention will be paid not only to gene cloning and restriction analysis but also to other subjects that deal only slightly with polynucleotide biochemistry. These include a body of work that is sometimes considered as classical plant physiology (for instance climacteric-like responses of tubers, greening of amyloplasts, wounding and ageing). Protein biochemistry, isoenzymes and classical genetics will only be referred to when dealing with problems that are also sometimes investigated at the DNA or RNA level. Although molecular genetics of potato has mostly been involved in basic research, it is felt that this rapidly growing field will very soon have a tremendous impact on the applied biotechnology of potato. These prospects will be discussed in the last section.

Keywords

Potato Tuber Solanum Tuberosum Somatic Hybrid Somaclonal Variation Protoplast Culture 
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  1. 1.Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de l’EtatGemblouxBelgium

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