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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campos, Hugo.
Other Authors: Ortiz, Oscar.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Part I: Food Security, Diets and Health
  • Chapter 1: Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems
  • 1.1 Introduction: The Current Situation of Global Hunger, Food Security, and Agricultural Growth
  • 1.2 The Potato in the Global Food System
  • 1.3 Potato Production and Demand Trends by Region
  • 1.4 The Potato Remains a Food Security Crop in the Developing World's "Nutrition Transition"
  • 1.5 Policies and Strategies for the Development of the Potato as a Food Security Crop
  • 1.6 Food Security Challenges and Perspectives for Potato Research and Development
  • 1.6.1 Potato in a Global Food Security Context
  • 1.6.2 Research and Innovation for Sustainable Potato Cropping
  • 1.6.3 Potato Breeding, a Driving Force Towards More Efficient Potato Production
  • 1.6.4 Seed Quality and Availability, the Key to Harvest Success
  • 1.6.5 Potato Crop Management and Farming Practices to Increase Productivity and Sustainability
  • 1.6.6 Integrating Food Security and Value Chain Development
  • 1.6.7 Post-harvest Management: Reducing Food Losses
  • 1.7 Concluding Remarks: Towards Future Potato Research for Global Food and Nutrition Security
  • References
  • Chapter 2: The Potato and Its Contribution to the Human Diet and Health
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Contribution to Diet
  • 2.2.1 Energy
  • 2.2.2 Carbohydrates
  • 2.2.2.1 Starch
  • 2.2.2.2 Sugars
  • 2.2.3 Protein
  • 2.2.4 Lipids
  • 2.2.5 Fiber
  • 2.2.6 Minerals
  • 2.2.7 Vitamins
  • 2.2.8 Antioxidants
  • 2.2.9 Phenolics
  • 2.2.9.1 Chlorogenic Acid
  • 2.2.9.2 Anthocyanins
  • 2.2.10 Carotenoids
  • 2.3 Antioxidant Activity
  • 2.4 Glycoalkaloids
  • 2.5 Contribution to Health
  • 2.5.1 Anticancer Effect
  • 2.5.1.1 Role of Potato Antioxidants
  • 2.5.1.2 Role of Potato Glycoalkaloids.
  • 2.5.1.3 Role of Potato Fiber
  • 2.6 Anti-diabetic and Anti-obesity Effects
  • 2.7 Anti-hyperlipidemic, Anti-hypertensive and Anti-inflammatory Effects
  • 2.8 Potato and Its Relationship with Cardiovascular Diseases
  • 2.9 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Enhancing Value Chain Innovation Through Collective Action: Lessons from the Andes, Africa, and Asia
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 General Concepts of Value Chain Development
  • 3.3 The Participatory Market Chain Approach: Origin and Characteristics
  • 3.4 Examples of Value Chain Intervention Implemented in Several Geographies
  • 3.4.1 Peru's Native Potato Revolution
  • 3.4.2 Analysis of PMCA Experiences in Different Value Chains in the Andes
  • 3.4.2.1 Case 1. Marketing of High Quality Coffee in San Martín, Peru
  • 3.4.2.2 Case 2. Development and Marketing of New Dairy Products in Oruro, Bolivia
  • 3.4.2.3 Case 3. Development of New Markets for Yams in Northern Colombia
  • 3.4.2.4 Case 4. Conservation and Commercialization of Native Potatoes in Northern Potosí, Bolivia
  • 3.4.3 The Revalorization of Native Potatoes in Ecuador
  • 3.4.4 Building Capacity for Innovation in Ugandan Value Chains
  • 3.4.5 The PMCA and Farmer Business Schools in Indonesia
  • 3.5 Lessons from Value Chain Approach Applications in Different Contexts
  • References
  • Part II: Genetic Resources, Genetics and Genetic Improvement
  • Chapter 4: Ex Situ Conservation of Potato [Solanum Section Petota (Solanaceae)] Genetic Resources in Genebanks
  • 4.1 Ex Situ Conservation of Potato
  • 4.2 Collection of New Potato Germplasm
  • 4.3 International Fora for Plant Genetic Resources
  • 4.4 Methods of Conservation of Potato Germplasm
  • 4.5 Characterizing Potato Diversity in Genebanks
  • 4.6 Climate Change and Genetic Resources Collections
  • 4.7 Concluding Comments
  • References
  • Chapter 5: The Genes and Genomes of the Potato.
  • 5.1 At the Crossroad of Potato Improvement
  • 5.1.1 The Numerous Challenges of Tetraploid Potato Breeding
  • 5.1.2 New Potato Breeding Technologies
  • 5.2 The Genome of the Potato
  • 5.2.1 Cultivated, Wild Potato Genome Sequences Towards a Pan-Genome
  • 5.2.2 The Genome Plasticity of the Cultivated Potato
  • 5.2.3 New Genomic Tools for Potato Improvement
  • 5.3 From Genomes to the Genes of the Potato
  • 5.3.1 Gene Discovery Facilitated by the Genome Sequence
  • 5.3.2 Progress Toward Next Generation of Potato Varieties
  • 5.4 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Potato Breeding
  • 6.1 Implications of Genetics, Genepools, and Biology for Potato Breeding
  • 6.1.1 Key Features
  • 6.1.2 Genome Constitution and Variation
  • 6.1.3 The Cost of Increasing Genetic Variation
  • 6.1.4 Genetic Enhancement
  • 6.1.5 Case Study 1: Genetic Enhancement and Incorporation of Iron Content from Diploid into Tetraploid Cultivated Potatoes
  • 6.2 Principles of Potato Breeding Methods and Approaches
  • 6.2.1 Population Improvement
  • 6.2.2 Crossing Parents
  • 6.2.3 Mating Designs
  • 6.2.3.1 Partial Diallel
  • 6.2.3.2 Line × Tester Design
  • 6.2.3.3 Design II
  • 6.2.4 Breeding Values
  • 6.2.5 Early Versus Late Generation Selection
  • 6.2.6 Case Study 2: The Use of a Selection Index in Potato Breeding
  • 6.2.7 Stability and Adaptation
  • 6.2.8 Case Study 3: Breeding and Variety Development in Bangladesh
  • 6.2.9 Case Study 4: Collaborative Breeding in Vietnam
  • 6.2.10 Importance and Relation of GCA and Heterosis in Potato
  • 6.3 Potato Breeding Procedures Overview
  • 6.3.1 Hybridization
  • 6.3.2 Selection Schemes
  • 6.3.3 Data Management and Analytical Tools
  • 6.4 Setting Objectives for Potato Breeding
  • 6.4.1 Targeting of New Potato Varieties
  • 6.4.2 Case Study 5: RTB Priority Setting.
  • 6.4.3 Case Study 6: Adjusting and Ranking Priority Traits in New York (NY) State
  • 6.4.4 Product Profiles
  • 6.4.5 Tools and Metrics
  • 6.4.6 Setting of Breeding Priorities
  • 6.4.7 Selection Decisions in Potato Breeding
  • 6.4.8 Case Study 7: Profile and Selection Decisions for Chipping Potato for Northeast USA
  • 6.4.9 Selection Decisions: Marker-Assisted Selection
  • 6.4.9.1 How the New York Program Uses Molecular Markers
  • 6.4.10 Breeding Objectives at CIP
  • 6.4.10.1 Case Study 8: Agile Potato for Asia
  • Product Profile
  • Source Population LTVR
  • Multilocation Testing and Selection Decisions
  • Breeding Priorities
  • Multi Trait Selection for Increased Earliness and Tolerance to Abiotic Stress
  • Evaluation and Selection Sites
  • Trait Research in Support of the Agile Potato
  • 6.5 Prospects for True Hybrid Potato Breeding
  • 6.6 Variety Testing and Seed Links
  • 6.6.1 How the Breeding Program Is Integrated with Seed Production in the State of New York in the United States
  • 6.6.2 Regional Trials for Variety Assessment
  • 6.6.3 Case Study 9: Regional Trials for Potato Variety Development in the United States
  • 6.6.4 How Does the New York Program Decide When to Release a Variety?
  • 6.6.5 Case Study 10: All India Coordinated Crop Improvement Project and Release of Kufri-Lima from LTVR Population
  • 6.6.6 Variety Release and Registration
  • 6.6.7 Regional Frameworks for Variety Release
  • 6.7 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Genetics and Cytogenetics of the Potato
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Haploids and Disomic Inheritance
  • 7.2.1 Further Research and New Evidence on Haploid Origin
  • 7.3 Relevance of Haploids in Plant Breeding and Genetics
  • 7.4 2n Gametes
  • 7.5 Cytoplasm Diversity and Male Sterility
  • 7.6 Self-Incompatibility and s Locus Inhibitor Mechanism
  • 7.6.1 Self-Compatibility in Breeding.
  • 7.6.2 Interspecific Crosses and Incompatibility
  • 7.7 Unilateral Compatibility
  • 7.8 Endosperm Balance Number (EBN) and Interspecific Reproductive Barriers
  • 7.9 Trait Genetic Research: A Summary Prior to DNA Markers
  • 7.10 Cytogenetics for Crossing, Scaling Up and Down Ploidy, and Chromosome Engineering
  • 7.11 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Part III: Pest and Diseases
  • Chapter 8: Insect Pests Affecting Potatoes in Tropical, Subtropical, and Temperate Regions
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Potato Insect Pests' Geographical Distribution and Invasiveness
  • 8.3 Impacts of Climate Change on Potato Insect Pests
  • 8.4 Insect Pest Control with Insecticides in Potato
  • 8.5 Integrated Pest Management in Potato
  • 8.6 Major Pests in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
  • 8.6.1 Potato Tuber Moths
  • 8.6.2 Pea Leafminer Fly
  • 8.6.3 Andean Potato Weevils
  • 8.6.4 Potato Psyllid
  • 8.6.5 Bud Midge
  • 8.7 Major Pests in Temperate Regions
  • 8.7.1 Colorado Potato Beetle
  • 8.7.2 European Corn Borer
  • 8.8 Major Pests Globally Present
  • 8.8.1 Aphids
  • 8.8.2 Whiteflies
  • 8.8.3 Ladybird Beetles
  • 8.9 Minor Pests Globally Present
  • 8.9.1 Cutworms
  • 8.9.2 Armyworms
  • 8.9.3 Wireworms
  • 8.9.4 Flea Beetles
  • 8.9.5 White Grubs
  • 8.9.6 Mites
  • 8.9.7 Thrips
  • 8.9.8 Tomato Tuber Moth
  • 8.9.9 Potato Leafhoppers
  • 8.9.10 Leaf Beetles
  • 8.10 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Fungal, Oomycete, and Plasmodiophorid Diseases of Potato
  • 9.1 Late Blight
  • 9.1.1 Causal Organism
  • 9.1.2 Symptoms
  • 9.1.3 Impact
  • 9.1.4 Resistance to Late Blight
  • 9.1.5 Phytophthora infestans Populations
  • 9.1.6 Management
  • 9.1.7 Looking Forward
  • 9.2 Early Blight
  • 9.2.1 Symptoms
  • 9.2.2 Causal Organism
  • 9.2.3 Impact
  • 9.2.4 Pathogen Populations
  • 9.2.5 Management
  • 9.2.6 Looking Forward
  • 9.3 Wart
  • 9.3.1 Causal Organism
  • 9.3.2 Symptoms.
  • 9.3.3 Impact.

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