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Germplasm Release: Tetraploid Clones with Resistance to Cold-Induced Sweetening

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Long-term cold storage is necessary to supply potatoes to the processing industry throughout the year. Cold-induced sweetening prevents current potato cultivars from producing acceptable chips after cold storage. Resistance to cold-induced sweetening has been introgressed into the cultivated potato from wild Solanum relatives. This paper describes five tetraploid interspecific hybrid clones that can be used in breeding programs to improve chip quality in cold-stored tubers. The clones are male and female fertile, and are adapted to temperate zone production environments. All clones except M1 have low levels of glycoalkaloids. They produce acceptable chip color following storage at 4.4°C for 3 months. Tubers from all clones have high specific gravity. Following cold storage, tuber glucose and fructose contents are low compared to standard cultivars. Tuber sucrose contents for the five clones are either comparable to that in standard cultivars or much greater.

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El almacenamiento en frío a largo plazo es necesario para proveer papas a la industria del procesamiento durante todo el año. El endulzamiento inducido por el frío evita que las variedades actuales de papa produzcan papas fritas aceptables después del almacenamiento en frío. La resistencia al endulzamiento por frío se ha introducido a la papa cultivada de parientes silvestres de Solanum. Este artículo describe cinco clones híbridos tetraploides interespecíficos que pueden usarse en programas de mejoramiento genético para mejorar la calidad de fritura en tubérculos almacenados en frío. Los clones son fértiles como macho o hembra, y se adaptan a ambientes de producción de zonas templadas. Todos los clones, excepto M1, tienen bajos niveles de glicoalcaloides. Producen color aceptable de hojuela después de un almacenamiento a 4.4°C por tres meses. Los tubérculos de todos los clones tienen alta gravedad específica. Después del almacenamiento en frío, los contenidos de glucosa y fructosa de los tubérculos son bajos comparados con las variedades estándar. El contenido de sacarosa del tubérculo en los cinco clones es comparable o mayor al de las variedades estándar.

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Acknowledgements

Glycoalkaloid analyses were carried out by Brian Perkins (Univ. of Maine). Wild species germplasm was provided by the US Potato Genebank, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

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    Shelley H. Jansky, Andy Hamernik & Paul C. Bethke

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Jansky, S.H., Hamernik, A. & Bethke, P.C. Germplasm Release: Tetraploid Clones with Resistance to Cold-Induced Sweetening. Am. J. Pot Res 88, 218–225 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-011-9186-3

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