News on New Potato Varieties from Uganda

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Victoria - a popular local potato variety in Uganda - is extremely susceptible to potato Late Blight disease. A resistant GM version of this variety has been developed. With trials on this potato almost complete, how soon farmers can access them depends o
July 07, 2018
Potato Farmers in Uganda are waiting for new GM 'Victoria'
Victoria - a popular local potato variety in Uganda - is extremely susceptible to potato Late Blight disease, but a resistant GM version of this variety has been developed.
With testing almost complete, it is up to the government biosafety regulatory authorities in Uganda.
Uganda
Late blight resistant plants in the back grow while non-resistant varieties in the foreground die.
January 31, 2016
Uganda field trial shows extreme resistance to late blight by GM potato
In Uganda, a series of field trials began in 2015 to assess whether twelve highly resistant GM plants of the ‘Desiree’ and local ‘Victoria’ variety provided by the International Potato Center CIP offer a durable resistance to late blight
Uganda
Potato Plants with Bacterial Wilt symptoms (Courtesy: International Potato Center)
March 24, 2013
Scientists work to save the Irish potato in Kabale, Uganda
The potato (Irish) that has fed the people of southwestern Uganda (Kabale) for generations is being threatened by several pests and diseases, including the potato bacterial wilt.
Uganda

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