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Solanum etuberosum is a species of wild potato in the family Solanaceae, endemic to central Chile. [1] Although it does not bear tubers (or has tubers that are little more than thickened rhizomes), it is still being extensively studied for its resistance to Potato virus Y , Potato leafroll virus , green peach aphids , and frost.
Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile . Genetic studies show that the cultivated potato has a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia .
Detail of the flowers of Solanum dulcamara, one of the 1240 accepted taxa that make up the genus Solanum , along with economically important species such as the potato (S. tuberosum), the tomato (S. lycopersicum) and the aubergine (S. melongena). This is a list of species in the plant genus Solanum.
The host for Dickeya solani is the potato plant (Solanum tuberosum).Dickeya spp. can be the causal agents of soft rots and black leg. The symptoms that this bacteria causes can at times not be easily distinguished from the symptoms caused by Pectobacterium spp, since both pathogens induce a rotting of the plant tissue and black leg symptoms on the host.
[6] [7] A 2002 reclassification by Huaman and Spooner found little phenetic support for the then-mainstream treatment of S. phureja as a species. [3] They reclassified all cultivated potatoes as a single species, S. tuberosum, divided into eight cultivar-groups, including a Phureja Group. [3]
The potato, Solanum tuberosum, has at least 438 taxonomic synonyms, as listed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew website Plants of the World Online. [1] Synonyms
Solanoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Solanaceae, and is sister to the subfamily Nicotianoideae.Within Solanaceae, Solanoideae contains some of the most economically important genera and species, such as the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), potato (Solanum tuberosum), eggplant or aubergine (Solanum melongena), chili and bell peppers (Capsicum spp.), mandrakes (Mandragora spp ...
Articles relating to the genus Solanum of flowering plants. Its primary economic importance to humans derives from three food crops in the genus: the potato , the tomato , and the eggplant . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solanum .