Search for dissertations about: "potato breeding"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words potato breeding.
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1. Genomic-led potato breeding
Abstract : Most cultivated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) are polyploids with tetrasomic inheritance (2n = 4x = 48), which makes breeding for new improved cultivars more complicated compared to diploid crops. READ MORE
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2. Studies towards late blight control in potato
Abstract : Abstract The oomycete Phytophthora infestans, which causes the devastating late blight disease of potato, is notorious for developing resistance to conventional control strategies (fungicide application and resistance breeding by introgression of R gene). To increase our tool box of disease management strategies available to combat P. READ MORE
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3. Acrylamide in Potato Crisps - A Three-year Study on Swedish-grown Potatoes
Abstract : Acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, has been found at mg/kg levels, in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods. Acrylamide is formed via the Maillard reaction as a result of the reaction between the amino acid asparagine and reducing sugars (glucose and fructose). READ MORE
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4. Defence related molecular signalling in Potato : new perspectives from “- Omics”
Abstract : Potato production is hampered by several pathogens and is subjected to intense chemical based disease control, use of which also has undesirable consequences. Resistance breeding programs have also shown limited success. Hence, there is a need to develop durable disease resistance. READ MORE
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5. The late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans : interaction with the potato plant and inoculum sources
Abstract : The oomycete, Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most important plant pathogens worldwide. This thesis focuses on the late blight pathogen and its host, potato (Solanum tuberosum), and the interaction between these two organisms. Resistance to P. READ MORE