Horticulture

Successful solutions

• Broadened potato genetic diversity to help industry address new market trends, production constraints and a changing climate. The genetic diversity is now feeding research into varieties and has led to the diversification of potato products, including novel fresh market types such as creamers and pigmented flesh varieties that are prized by high-end restaurants.
• Developed improved diagnostic tests for Potato Virus Y (PVY), an important virus affecting potato.