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Sampling of potato diversity Farmer Justina Chipa, wearing traditional Andean clothing with a yellow-trimmed hat, sorts a large pile of potatoes outdoors in Pisac, Peru, with mountains in the background.
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A pile of freshly harvested organic potatoes sits on loose soil with a rusty garden fork behind them, set against a blurred background of green and yellow plants. Blight potato tubers sprouted potato tuber potato scab Underground stems Farmers in colorful traditional clothing dig potatoes on a sloped field near Hacienda Zuleta, with mountains and green valleys visible in the background.
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Sampling of potato diversity
Sampling of potato diversity Variety of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum).

Potato

plant
Also known as: Solanum tuberosum
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Taxonomy See also list of plants in the family Solanaceae Potato, (Solanum tuberosum), annual plant in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), grown for its starchy edible tubers. The potato is native to the Peruvian-Bolivian Andes and is now cultivated on every inhabited continent and is one of the world’s main food crops, valued for its high yields and adaptability to diverse climates. Potatoes are consumed in a variety of forms, including as cooked vegetables, as processed...

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