The Potatoes of Bolivia: Their Breeding Value and Evolutionary Relationships

by J.G. Hawkes and J.P. Hjerting

The authors provide a comprehensive treatise on wild and cultivated Bolivian potatoes, a critical food crop in high altitude regions throughout South America. Part one illustrates their importance in providing the genetic basis for developing new potato varieties resistant to pests and diseases and adapted to environmental stresses. The genetic and cytological relationships between species, their genome composition, and their crossability with each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198542208
• ISBN13: 9780198542209
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 9.5"