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. 2015 Mar 1;65(1):26–40. doi: 10.1270/jsbbs.65.26

Table 2.

A list of wild and cultivated potato species of reported useful traits

Species name Traits Fungus resistance Bacterial resistance Virus resistance Insect resistance Nematode resistance Physiological characters

Status (Wild/Cultivated) Ploidy and EBN Country Late blight Wart Common scab Bacterial wilt Soft rot; blackleg Potato virus X Potato virus Y Potato leaf roll virus Spindle tuber viroid Colorado beetle Myzus persicae, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (aphids) Globodera rostochiensis, G. pallida (potato cyst nematode) Meloidgyne incognita (root-knot nematode) Frost Heat Drought Lack tuber blackening
S. acaule W 4x (2EBN), 6x AR, BO, PE ++ + ++ + ++ + + + + ++ + +
S. ajanhuiri C 2x BO, PE + +
S. berthaultii W 2x (2EBN) BO + + + + + + + +
S. boliviense W 2x (2EBN) BO + + +
S. brachistotrichum W 2x (1EBN) MX +
S. brachycarpum W 6x (4EBN) MX + + + + + +
S. brevicaule W 2x (2EBN) BO +
S. brevicaule (=) S. gourlayi W 2x, 4x + + + + + +
S. bukssovii W 2x (2EBN) PE + + + + + +
S. bulbocastanum W 2x (1EBBN) MX ++ + + + ++ + + + +
S. candolleanum (=) S. canasence W 2x (1EBN) BO, PE + + + + + +
S. candolleanum (=) S. multidissectum W 2x (1EBN) BO, PE + + + + + +
S. cardiophyllum W 2x (1EBN), 3x MX ++ + + + + + +
S. chacoense W 2x (2EBN) AR, BO, PE, UY + + + + + + ++ + + + + +
S. chomatophilum W 2x (2EBN) EC, PE + + ++
S. circaeifolium W 2x (2EBN) BO +
S. circaeifolium (=) S. capsicibaccatum W 2x (2EBN) BO + + + + +
S. clarum W 2x MX, GT + + + +
S. colombianum W 4x (2EBN) CO, EC, VE +
S. commersonii W 2x (1EBN) AR, BR, UY + + + + + + ++
S. curtilobum C 4x (4EBN), most 5x BO, PE + + + +
S. demissum W 6x (4EBN) GT, MX ++ + + + ++ + + + + +
S. ediense W 5x MX + +
S. etuberosum W 2x (1EBN) CH ++ ++ + + +
S. fendleri W 4x (2EBN) MX, US + + + + + +
S. guerreroense W 6x (4EBN) MX +
S. hjertingii W 4x (2EBN) MX + +
S. infundibuliforme W 2x (2EBN) AR, BO + + + + +
S. jamesii W 2x (1EBN) MX, US + + + +
S. juzepczukii C 3x BO, PE + +
S. kurtzianum W 2x (2EBN) AR + + + + + + + + +
S. leptophyes W 2x (2EBN), 4x (4EBN) BO, PE + + + +
S. lignicaule W 2x (1EBN) PE +
S. lycopersicoides W 2x PE, CH, PE +
S. marinasense W 2x (2EBN) PE +
S. medians W 2x (2EBN), 3x PE +
S. megistacrolobum W 2x (2EBN) AR, PE, BO + + + + + + + ++ + +
S. microdontum W 2x (2EBN), 3x AR, BO + + + + + + + + +
S. morelliforme W 2x MX, GT, HN + + +
S. moscopanum W 6x (4EBN) CO +
S. oplocense W 2x (2EBN), 4x (4EBN), 6x (4EBN) AR, BO + + + +
S. oxycarpum W 4x (2EBN) MX + +
S. palustre (=) S. brevidens W 2x (1EBN) AR, CL + ++ +
S. papita W 4x (2EBN) MX + +
S. phureja C 2x (2EBN) AN + + + + + + + + + + + + +
S. pinnatisectum W 2x (1EBN) MX ++ + + + + + + + +
S. polyadenium W 2x MX + + + + + + + + + + +
S. polytrichon W 4x (2EBN) MX + + + +
S. raphanifolium W 2x (2EBN) PE + + + + + +
S. sanctae - rosae W 2x (2EBN) AR + + ++ + +
S. semidemissum W 6x MX + +
S. sparsipilum W 2x (2EBN) BO, PE + + + + + + + +
S. spegazzinii W 2x (2EBN) AR + + + + + +
S. stenotomum C 2x (2EBN) BO, PE + + + +
S. stoloniferum W 4x (2EBN) MX ++ + + ++ + + + + +
S. sucrense W 4x (4EBN) BO + +
S. tarjense W 2x (2EBN) AR, BO + + + + + ++ + + +
S. megistacrolobum var. toralapanum (=) S. toralapanum W 2x (2EBN) AR, PE, BO + ++
S. trifidum W 2x (1EBN) MX + + + + +
S. tuberosum subsp. andigenum* C 2x, 4x AN + + + + + ++ + + + + + + + +
S. tuquerrense W 4x (2EBN) CO, EC +
S. vernei W 2x (2EBN) AR + + + + + ++ + +
S. verrucosum W 2x (2EBN) MX + + + + + +
S. violaceimarmoratum W 2x (2EBN) BO +
S. yungasense W 2x (2EBN) BO, PE +

Source: Hawkes 1994; Irikura (1989); Spooner and Hijmans (2001). (=): synonyms. Name of the species are written as appeared in original sources.

*

S. tuberosum subsp. andigenum includes S. goniocalyx (2x). Synonyms were identified The Plant List (2013).

W, Wild; C, Cultivated. AN, wide spread in Andes; AR, Argentine; BO, Bolivia; BR, Brazil; CH, Chile; CO, Colombia; EC, Ecuador; GU, Guatemala; HN, Honduras; MX, Mexico; PE, Peru; US, United States; UY, Uruguay, VE, Venezuela.

++

, specie include individuals possesses immunity, high resistance, high tolerance, or high quality;

+

, specie include individuals possesses resistance, tolerance, or good quality.