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Potato - Wikipedia In the UK, potatoes form part of the traditional dish fish and chips Roast potatoes are commonly served as part of a Sunday roast dinner and mashed potatoes form a major component of several other traditional dishes, such as shepherd's pie, bubble and squeak, and bangers and mash
Potato | Definition, Plant, Origin, Facts | Britannica 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 one of the world’s main food crops
Solanum Tuberosum - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics The potato plant, lat Solanum tuberosum, is a herbaceous annual plant of the nightshade family originating from the South American Andes The stolons or ends of the underground stems form tubers for starch storage – the commonly known potatoes
How Potato Grows - International Potato Center The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an herbaceous annual that grows up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall As the potato plant grows, its compound leaves manufacture starch that is transferred to the ends of its underground stems (or stolons)
Solanum tuberosum (Potatoes) - Department of Horticulture It contributed 100% of the pedigree of the main US potato cultivar, Russet Burbank, and an average of about 25% of the pedigrees of the 10 most important cultivars grown in North America
Potato - Potatoes, Plants, Tubers, and Cultivated - JRank Articles Tubers are storage areas for nutrient reserves of plants, such as starch or sugars A widely cultivated species, the potato plant has the scientific name Solanum tuberosum and is a member of the nightshade family of plants, Solanaceae Potato plants are widely grown for their familiar edible tubers that are a mainstay of many human diets
Potato Solanum tuberosum): Apple of the Earth - Missouri Botanical Garden Famine and Then and Now, Potato Diversity and the Irish Diaspora are digital collages made from x-ray images of blight-resistant potato clones I encountered in the United States’ national seed bank in Fort Collins, Colorado
Potatoes - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox All green parts of the potato plant are inedible because they contain a toxin known as solanine This toxin can be found in the sprouts, stems, leaves, berries, and the green skin of the tuber Potatoes are cultivated for their starchy tubers and are the fourth most important food crop
Potatoes: Solanum tuberosum – Inanimate Life - Geneseo Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are an herbaceous plant, native to South America, that has been cultivated by indigenous peoples for five to ten thousand years but only became cultivated world-wide in the last 500 years