Title
Identification of Elite Potato Clones with Resistance to Late Blight Through Participatory Varietal Selection in Peru
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Abstract
Potato is the most important crop in Peru and late blight is the main disease affecting the crop. However, new varieties that are resistant to late blight often lack other traits that farmers and consumers prefer. Using participatory varietal selection, this study seeks to identify clones with high potential to become varieties with resistance to late blight but also feature a high marketable tuber yield and other preferred agronomic traits. During 2016–2017, 36 clones previously selected for high levels of resistance to late blight from population B developed by the International Potato Center, and three varieties used as controls (INIA 302 Amarilis moderately resistant, INIA303 Canchan and Yungay susceptible to late blight), were evaluated in five Peruvian locations. At harvest, five clones were selected based on (i) evaluations made by farmers through Participatory Varietal Selection, (ii) analysis of mixed models and Best Linear Unbiased Predictors for tuber yield, (iii) low glycoalkaloid content in tubers, and (iv) good organoleptic quality. These clones were evaluated again during 2017–2018 in four locations. Resistance to late blight and good marketable tuber yields were identified as the most important criteria for the selection of a new potato variety. The clones CIP308488.92, CIP308495.227 and CIP308478.59 were selected as promising clones having resistance to late blight and tuber yield superior to the local varieties, INIA-303 Canchan, Yungay, as well as good organoleptic quality and low glycoalkaloid content. These clones can be suggested for variety release in similar agroecological environments.
Start page
611
End page
634
Volume
64
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85107721660
Source
Potato Research
ISSN of the container
00143065
Sponsor(s)
This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union within the framework of the Benefit-sharing Fund project “Biodiverse and Nutritious Potato Improvement across Peru, Nepal and Bhutan” of the FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This research was undertaken as part of, and funded by, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) and by USAID, supported by CGIAR through the CGIAR Trust Fund Donors ( https://www.cgiar.org/funders/ ).
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