Potato papa or Solanum tuberosum,what is the fame of the Potato except Potato famines and more...
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- .Basic Botanical Data of Potato.
- .What is a potato?.
- .Origin and Dissemination of Patato.
- .Potato:the Archeology and History.
- .Today's Potato.
- .Parts of Patato:Introduction.
- .Varieties of Potato.
- .Food value of Patato.
- .Constituents of Potato.
- .Nutritional Value and Phytochemicals of Potato.
- .Health benefits and concerns of Potato.
- .Functions,Medicinal Uses of Potato.
- .Dosage and Administration of Potato.
- .Modern Researches of Potato.
- .Research Update:Potato or Solanum tuberosum L.
What is a potato?.
The potato belongs to the Solanaceae or nightshade family whose other members include tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and tomatillos. They are the swollen portion of the underground stem which is called a tuber and is designed to provide food for the green leafy portion of the plant. If allowed to flower and fruit, the potato plant will bear an inedible fruit resembling a tomato
A tuber or underground stem with stored food (i.e. starch, and sugars)
Potatoes exist as perennial plants when growing in the wild (come back year after year) and annuals when cultivated as we know them (need to be planted each year).
Cultivated potatoes have 48 chromosomes. Tetraploid and wild potatoes have 24 chromosomes.
It has weak stems; the branched trailing shoots bear underground stem tubers, almost oval in shape. The flesh is either white or yellow, the latter being the more favoured type.
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