Blog, breeding, genetics, potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Potato: Genetics – The Basics

Posted on by bill
01
Feb

Last year, I put together a summary of potato color genetics and ever since I have been getting emails asking questions.  A lot of those questions center on how to use the information.  I’m happy to try to answer those questions to the best of my ability, because I think potato genetics are fun.  This […]

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Blog, breeding, genetics, ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus)

Ulluco: Color Genetics – A Familiar Beet

Posted on by bill
20
Dec

A quick review for those who have not been following our ulluco work: Ulluco is a crop that very rarely sets seed.  In fact, there are only two published reports of ulluco seed production: here and at the University of Turku in the early 1990s.  There is perhaps one published report of seed being found […]

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