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Biology and Physiology of the Potato

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Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Potatoes and Production of Seed-Potatoes

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The domestication of the potato (Solarium tuberosum L.) started millennia ago, around its center of evolution in South America. Many Solarium species, relatives of the domesticated potato grow wild in this area, mainly in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Archeological remains and archives of the early Spanish occupation provide evidence that the potato was domesticated by the native population between 5,000 and 2,000 years prior to the Spanish discovery.

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  1. Department of Field Crops, Vegetables and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

    Haim D. Rabinowitch

  2. The Volcani Center, Institute of Field Crops and Vegetables, Beit Dagan, Israel

    David Levy

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  1. Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, 50-250, Israel

    Gad Loebenstein

  2. Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, 83844-2339, ID, USA

    Philip H. Berger

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Rabinowitch, H.D., Levy, D. (2001). Biology and Physiology of the Potato. In: Loebenstein, G., Berger, P.H., Brunt, A.A., Lawson, R.H. (eds) Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Potatoes and Production of Seed-Potatoes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0842-6_2

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