The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) has set another webinar for December 15, 2020 at 09:00 a.m. ET: “Developing the Pipeline from Genomics to New Products” with Dr. Mark Taylor, co-leader of Potato Genetics and Molecular Physiology, The James Hutton Institute, UK.
The presentation will highlight some of the challenges in developing new potato varieties that could deliver the full potential of the crop. Recent achievements in overcoming some the obstacles to improving varieties will be reviewed briefly and important traits for the future considered. Approaches to understanding responses to abiotic stresses will be outlined and as an example, results from heat stress experiments will be presented. Central to many aspects of yield development is the control of the potato tuber life cycle, from tuber initiation to sprouting. Recent progress in our understanding of this cycle will be described.
Webinar Registration
The host for this webinar will be WPC Director, Dr. Nora Olsen (norao@uidaho.edu).
To register in advance for this webinar on December 15, 2020, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FOGBo0FiS3av6uiOz3EsYA
