Breeders have bred a new variety of potato in Ukraine

For dietary nutrition and immune boosting - "Solokha" with blue-violet color of flesh, and "Khortytsya" - with red. Two varieties of potatoes for dietary nutrition and immune boosting were bred at the Institute of Potato Growing of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine - "Solokha", with blue-purple flesh, and "Khortytsya" - with red. Mykola Furdyha, director of the Institute, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, told about it, agronews.ua writes. According to the scientist, "Solos" and "Khortytsya" contain vitamin C, as in Bulgarian pepper (№2 in the world in terms of this vitamin content after rose hips) and broccoli. Mykola Furdyha also explained why the tuber has such unusual colors. "It's due to some wild varieties of potatoes, which have a similar color of flesh. They grow in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, they are not eaten - they are actually weeds. But these species are very resistant to pests and diseases. We used their genes in the selection process to increase ...