Solanum multiinterruptum

Description

Solanum multiinterruptum distribution Map note

Solanum multiinterruptum is a wild potato species from northern Peru.  Plants to about three and a half feet tall.  Flowers blue/purple or white.  Berries small and ovoid.

The specific epithet, multiinterruptum, means “multiply interrupted,” presumably referring to the large number of small leaflets.  While there is no completely standardized pronunciation for scientific names, the most common way to pronounce this species is probably so-LAY-num mul-tee-in-ter-RUP-tum.

Resistances

Vega (1995) found that this species is about as frost tolerant as domesticated potato.

Condition Type Level of Resistance Source
Globodera pallida (Pale Cyst Nematode) Invertebrate Somewhat resistant Castelli 2003
Globodera pallida (Pale Cyst Nematode) Invertebrate Not resistant Bachmann-Pfabe 2019
Globodera rostochiensis (Potato Cyst/Golden Nematode) Invertebrate Not resistant Castelli 2003
Myzus persicae (Green Peach Aphid) Resistant Alvarez 2006
Phytophthora infestans (Late Blight) Fungus Somewhat resistant Gonzales 2002

Glykoalkaloid content

Johns (1990) found levels of 50 and 68mg/100g for two accessions tested.  The primary glycoalkaloids were solanine and chaconine.  They also found a level of 42mg/100g but that accession was later reclassified.

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Cultivation

The USDA potato genebank has observed that germination of some accessions of this species is inhibited by GA3 (Bamberg 1999).

Breeding

Crosses with S. tuberosum

Female Male Berry Set Seed Set Germination Ploidy Source
S. tuberosum S. multiinterruptum Minimal Minimal Jackson (1999)

Crosses with other species

Jackson (1999) found 2-16% 2n pollen for varieties of this species.

Female Male Berry Set Seed Set Germination Ploidy Source

References

Solanum multiinterruptum at Solanaceae Source

Solanum multiinterruptum at GRIN Taxonomy