TY  - CHAP
AU  - Tijjani Ahmadu
AU  - Adamu Abdullahi
AU  - Khairulmazmi Ahmad
ED  - Mustafa Yildiz
ED  - Yasin Ozgen
Y1  - 2021-12-22
PY  - 2021
T1  - The Role of Crop Protection in Sustainable Potato (<em>Solanum tuberosum</em> L.) Production to Alleviate Global Starvation Problem: An Overview
N2  - Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.) is the fourth-largest food crop produced in the world with approximately 370 million tonnes. This product is a staple in many diets throughout the world and the underground swollen tubers of the plant are rich sources of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals (K, Mn, Mg, Fe, Cu and P), and vitamins (C, B1, B3, B6, K, folate, pantothenic acid). Improvement of new potato cultivars resistant to biotic and abiotic factors is extremely important, as these are the main reasons for decreased potato production. Seed tuber production and tuber storage under healthy conditions after harvest are two important issues in potato cultivation. As such, this book discusses the importance of the potato plant and examines ways to increase its production and develop new cultivars resistant to stress factors via conventional and biotechnological methods.
BT  - Solanum tuberosum
SP  - Ch. 2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100058
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.100058
SN  - 978-1-83969-167-6
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-23
ER  -