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General information
| Innovation ID | 460 |
| Version ID | 53 |
| Innovation Title | Humid Tropical and Sub-Tropical Highlands Late-Blight Resistant Potatoes in Kenya |
| Innovation description | Potato is a traditional crop in the Sub-Saharan Africa highlands, where late blight is also endemic. Breeding efforts for highland tropical potato focus on combining late blight resistance with market-preferred traits, as most processing potatoes originate from highland areas in Kenya. |
| Reporting Staff | Monica Parker (CIP), Thiago Mendes (CIP) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2020 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Genetic (variety and breeds) |
| Number of varieties | 3 |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2020 |
| Stage Description | Three potato varieties have been released in Kenya from wild species directly into the highland which confers complete field resistance to local blight races. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Potato Center |
| Top 5 contributors | Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization; Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | International Potato Center-CGIAR Center/Program (Center) |
| Main CGIAR portfolio | CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
| Flagship project | FP2-Adapted productive varieties and quality seed of RTB crops |
| Cluster | PO2.4-Improving Livelihoods of Potato Farmers in Africa by Tackling Deteriorated Seed Quality through an Integrated Approach |
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Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Kenya |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Enhanced adaptive capacity to climate risks |
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Evidences
| Evidences | Blog: Scientists use the potato’s wild relatives to produce climate-resilient varieties [https://cipotato.org/pressreleases/scientists-use-potatos-wild-relatives-produce-climate-resilient-varieties/] Ghislain, M., Byarugaba, A. A., Magembe, E., Njoroge, A., Rivera, C., Román, M. L., Tovar, J. C., Gamboa, S., Forbes, G. A., Kreuze, J. F., Barekye, A., & Kiggundu, A. (2018). Stacking three late blight resistance genes from wild species directly into African highland potato varieties confers complete field resistance to local blight races. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17(6), 1119–1129. [https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13042] "Gastelo, Manuel; Quispe, Katherine; Bastos, Maria; Pozo, Jorge; Erquinio, Efrain; Vega, Ricardo, 2020, \"Dataset for: Breeding for resistance to late blight - LBHTC2 population- Phenotypic and Genomic Selection\"." |
Linked Elements
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| Policy | CGIAR supported the Ethiopian Government to prepare the National Potato and Sweetpotato Strategy aiming a guiding decisions and investments in the potato value chain https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/54b8cf |