TY - CHAP AU - Olusola L. Oyesola AU - Oluwadurotimi S. Aworunse AU - Margaret I. Oniha AU - Onyemaechi H. Obiazikwor AU - Oluwakemi Bello AU - Olubunmi M. Atolagbe AU - Ayodele A. Sobowale AU - Jacob O. Popoola AU - Olawole O. Obembe ED - Mustafa Yildiz ED - Yasin Ozgen Y1 - 2021-10-18 PY - 2021 T1 - Impact and Management of Diseases of Solanum tuberosum N2 - Potato (Solanum tuberosum 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. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98899 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.98899 SN - 978-1-83969-167-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -