The Practicality of Diploid Potatoes in North America

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The domesticated potato (Solanum tuberosum) is divided into two major groups based on the number of sets of chromosomes: tetraploids, with four sets of chromosomes, and diploids, with two sets of chromosomes.  The common potato of commerce is tetraploid.  There are also hundreds, if not thousands, of varieties of diploid potatoes, but they are mostly […]