wild potato

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wild potato - erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes

Solanum jamesii

genus Solanum, Solanum - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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genus Solanum Ipomoea fastigiata Ipomoea panurata man-of-the-earth manroot morning glory scammonyroot solanum Solanum jamesii wild potato vine wild sweet potato vine			In addition, 235 wild potato species provide an invaluable gene pool that contains the potential to expand properties such as nutrition, pest protection and climatic adaptability. You say potato, I say hurray! by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The trait being introduced through biotechnology--blight resistance--comes from a wild potato in Mexico, so there is no cross-species mixing to cause consumer anxiety. Biotech battles for markets and minds by Oliver, Tom / Agri Marketing By placing a gene from a naturally blight-resistant wild potato into a farmed variety, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, Davis have made plants that are invulnerable to a range of blight strains. Armed with a new gene, spuds fend off blight. (Stout Potatoes) by McDonagh, S. / Science News			wild meadow lily wild medlar wild medlar tree wild morning-glory wild mustard wild oat wild oat grass wild oats wild olive wild onion wild orange wild ox wild pansy wild parsley wild parsnip wild pea wild peach wild peanut Wild pieplant Wild pigeon wild pink wild pitch Wild plantain wild plum wild plum tree wild potato wild potato vine wild pumpkin wild quinine wild radish wild rape wild raspberry wild red oat wild rice wild rose wild rosemary wild rubber wild rye wild sage wild sarsaparilla wild sarsparilla wild senna wild sensitive plant Wild service wild service tree wild sheep wild silk wild snapdragon wild Spaniard wild spinach wild spurge			wild pepper wild pepper Wild Perennial Lupin Wild Perennial Lupine Wild petunia Wild pieplant Wild pig Wild pig Wild pig Wild pigeon Wild pigs Wild pigs Wild pigs Wild Pigs Motorcycle Club wild pineapple wild pineapple wild pineapple wild pineapple wild pink wild pink wild pitch wild pitch wild pitches Wild Planet Strategy Team Wild plantain wild plum wild plum tree Wild pointer Wild Pokemon Modifier Wild Poliovirus wild potato wild potato bush wild potato bush wild potato bush wild potato bush wild potato vine Wild Prairie Rose Wild privet Wild privet wild pumpkin wild quinine Wild rabbits Wild rabbits Wild rabbits wild radish wild radish wild radish wild radish wild rape wild raspberry wild red cherry wild red cherry wild red cherry wild red cherry wild red oat Wild Register Address Compare Enable Register Wild Register Address Setup Register Wild Register Data Setup Register Wild Register Data Test Setup Register Wild Relatives of Main Crops Wild Resource Conservation Fund

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