Chile develops climate-resistant potatoes

Nebulosa, Galaxia and Centifolia were the names chosen for the three varieties of potatoes with variegated, purple and red flesh produced in the 2023 season as part of the results of the project "Evaluation of improved lines native potato (national phytogenetic heritage) adapted to new stress conditions hydro and thermal with greater commercial value of the product”. This initiative, started in 2018, was carried out in the regions of Los Lagos, Los Ríos and La Araucanía, was supported by the Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA), an innovation agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, and executed by the Institute of Production and Plant Health ( IPSV) from the Austral University of Chile, was directed by Dr. Carolina Lizana Campos, Dean(s) of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the house of studies. Professor Lizana explained that it was possible to develop new varieties, derived from native potatoes, genetically improved to adapt to high temperatures and drought and ...