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The Incredible Journey of a Crop

Let me introduce you to Solanum tuberosum. You know her well, either baked, smashed, as french
fries or in a delicious potato pie. However, it is now very different from what it originally was.
Over thousands of years we have successfully genetically modified it to be able to eat it.
But by doing so, we have also inadvertently reduced its innate ability to defend itself.
Could our potato be strong again, while still keeping our palates happy?

Potato Crop: Conventional Breeding, Mutagenesis or GMO?
The Incredible Journey of a Crop
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