Glycoalkaloid content of B5141-6 potatoes

Comparative composition of aerial and subterranean potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L)

“…The toxic glycoalkaloid concentration in aerial tubers inhibits their use for direct human consumption or use in the processing industry since glycoalkaloids are not destroyed by boiling, baking, frying or drying even at high temperatures. Indeed, an objective of plant breeders is to produce genotypes with concentrations \200 mg kg~1 tuber fresh weight, a recommended maximum level for food safety (Zitnak and Johnston 1970). Cultivars containing [200 mg kg~1 tuber fresh weight are not normally released for human consumption.…”

Glycoalkaloid concentration of potato tubers following continuous illumination

“…Potato tubers containing > 200 mg glycoalkaloid kg-' fresh weight of tissue exceed the limits recommended for food safety and should be withdrawn from sale (Zitnak and Johnston 1970). Glycoalkaloid synthesis is, however, rapidly stimulated if tubers are subjected to abiotic stresses such as illumination or wounding (Conner 1937;Sinden 1972).…”

Development and application of a 20K SNP array in potato

“…Analysis of the year of market introduction of potato varieties polymorphic for PotVar0043608 (Vos et al 2015) has indicated that polymorphism at this SNP locus was first observed in variety Lenape (Supplementary file 2). Lenape is a variety with Solanum chacoense in its pedigree, which was withdrawn from the national variety lists because of high its SGA content (Zitnak and Johnston 1970). This study provides evidence that this specific SNP is a Solanum chacoense specific DNA variant.…”