Plant Breeding & Variety Development

A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, which is resistant to late blight, has been released, Crop Trust and the International Potato Center (CIP) say in...

The potato breeding world is taking in the whole picture when it comes to diploids. The words diploids and true potato seeds has been popping...

A group of researchers have developed a diploid potato variety which is resistant to Colorado potato beetles, a recently published study in Crop Science...

Borlaug Scholar Thilani Jayakody explains what lead to her interest in potato breeding. The Borlaug Scholar program is an award program run by the National...

By manipulating RNA it can allow potato yield to dramatically increase and also improve drought tolerance, a group of scientists from the University of...

Here is your list of the newest and most innovative potato varieties available for Canadian commercial potato growers this season.  With planting season just around...