Abstract
* About the Editors * Contributors * Foreword * Preface * Chapter 1. Structure, Biosystematics, and Genetic Resources (David M. Spooner and Alberto Salas) * Structure * Origin, Spread, and Habitat * Genus Solanum * Relationships within Solanum Section Petota * Taxonomy of Section Petota * Taxonomy of Cultivated Potato * Collection, Conservation, and Use of Germplasm * Chapter 2. Genetics of Agrihorticultural Traits (John E. Bradshaw) * Genetical Methods * Flowering * Tuber Yield and Its Components * Maturity * Dormancy * Tuber Shape and Eye Depth * Pigmentation * Chapter 3. Considerations for Successful Breeding (Jai Gopal) * Reproductive Biology * Selection of Superior Parents and Crosses * Selection of Superior Clones from the Progeny * Other Options * Chapter 4. Biotechnology in Potato Improvement (Gerhard Wenzel) * Biotechnology for Conservation and Characterization of Germplasm * Breeding New Cultivars Using Biotechnology * Chapter 5. Quality Improvement (T. R. Tarn, G. C. C. Tai, and Qiang Liu) * Breeding Objectives for Quality Improvement * Genetic Improvement of Quality Traits * Chapter 6. Ecophysiology and Agronomic Management (P. M. Govindakrishnan and A. J. Haverkort) * Growth Phases * Modeling * Agroecological Zoning * Potato Growing Environments and the Role of Agrotechniques * Multiple Cropping * Chapter 7. Abiotic Stresses (Kazuto Iwama and Junichi Yamaguchi) * Physiobiochemical Basis of Tuber Formation and Bulking * Drought Stress * Heat Stress * Other Abiotic Stresses * Chapter 8. Late Blight (G. A. Forbes and J. A. Landeo) * Causal Agent * Disease Symptoms * Epidemiology and Disease Cycle * Disease Management * Chapter 9. Fungal and Oomycete Diseases (H. W. (Bud) Platt and R. D. Peters) * Foliar Diseases * Soilborne Diseases * Chapter 10. Bacterial Diseases (R. Lebecka, E. Zimnoch-Guzowska, and E. Lojkowska) * Bacterial Wilt (Brown Rot) * Ring Rot * Soft Rot and Blackleg * Common Scab * Pink Eye * Leaf Spot * Chapter 11. Viruses and Viroids (Colin Jeffries, H. Barker, and S. M. Paul Khurana) * Viruses (and Viroids) and Their Transmission * Symptoms and Detection * Management * Chapter 12. Insects, Nematodes, and IPM (Hanafi Abdelhaq) * Major Insect Pests * Major Nematode Pests * Integrated Pest Management * Chapter 13. Storage (Klaus Gottschalk and R. Ezekiel) * Physiological Age and Dormancy * Condition of Potatoes Before Storage * Storage Conditions * Storage Process * Sprout Inhibition * Biochemical Changes During Storage * Chapter 14. Processing and Value Addition (Xiu-Qing Li, Martin G. Scanlon, Qiang Liu, and Warren K. Coleman) * Food Value of Potatoes * Factors Important to the Production of Potatoes for Processing * Processing Potato into French Fries and Chips * Potato Starch * Potato Peels, Culls, and Wastewater * Molecular Farming of Value-Added Proteins in Potato * Chapter 15. True Potato Seed (Jai Gopal and R. Ortiz) * Use of TPS * Production of TPS * TPS Quality * TPS Dormancy * Breeding TPS Populations * Index * Reference Notes Included
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