Includes index.

Contents
Part I Food Security, Diets and Health
1 Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato
Agri-Food Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
André Devaux, Jean-Pierre Goffart, Athanasios Petsakos,
Peter Kromann, Marcel Gatto, Julius Okello, Victor Suarez,
and Guy Hareau
2 The Potato and Its Contribution to the Human Diet and Health . . . . 37
Gabriela Burgos, Thomas Zum Felde, Christelle Andre,
and Stan Kubow
3 Enhancing Value Chain Innovation Through Collective Action:
Lessons from the Andes, Africa, and Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
André Devaux, Claudio Velasco, Miguel Ordinola, and Diego Naziri
Part II Genetic Resources, Genetics and Genetic Improvement
4 Ex Situ Conservation of Potato [Solanum Section Petota
(Solanaceae)] Genetic Resources in Genebanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
David Ellis, Alberto Salas, Oswaldo Chavez, Rene Gomez,
and Noelle Anglin
5 The Genes and Genomes of the Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Marc Ghislain and David S. Douches
6 Potato Breeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Meredith W. Bonierbale, Walter R. Amoros, Elisa Salas,
and Walter de Jong
7 Genetics and Cytogenetics of the Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rodomiro Ortiz and Elisa Mihovilovich
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Part III Pest and Diseases
8 Insect Pests Affecting Potatoes in Tropical, Subtropical,
and Temperate Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Jürgen Kroschel, Norma Mujica, Joshua Okonya,
and Andrei Alyokhin
9 Fungal, Oomycete, and Plasmodiophorid Diseases of Potato . . . . . . . 307
Birgit Adolf, Jorge Andrade-Piedra, Francisco Bittara Molina,
Jaroslaw Przetakiewicz, Hans Hausladen, Peter Kromann,
Alison Lees, Hannele Lindqvist-Kreuze, Willmer Perez,
and Gary A. Secor
10 Bacterial Diseases of Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Amy Charkowski, Kalpana Sharma, Monica L. Parker,
Gary A. Secor, and John Elphinstone
11 Viral Diseases in Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
J. F. Kreuze, J. A. C. Souza-Dias, A. Jeevalatha, A. R. Figueira,
J. P. T. Valkonen, and R. A. C. Jones
12 Potato Seed Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Gregory A. Forbes, Amy Charkowski, Jorge Andrade-Piedra,
Monica L. Parker, and Elmar Schulte-Geldermann
Part IV Seed Systems, Participatory Research and Gender
13 Participatory Research (PR) at CIP with Potato Farming Systems
in the Andes: Evolution and Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Oscar Ortiz, Graham Thiele, Rebecca Nelson,
and Jeffery W. Bentley
14 Gender Topics on Potato Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Netsayi Noris Mudege, Silvia Sarapura Escobar, and Vivian Polar
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

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This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among the world’s main five staple crops creates both issues and opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply and demand and political instability in some developing countries. Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to humankind’s food security.

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