Progress in improving processing attributes in potato.
The recent publication of a molecular-function map of carbohydrate metabolism and transport in potato enables a candidate-gene approach to be used to solve the problem of cold-sweetening, signifying a significant step in our understanding of this economically important trait. With confirmation of the role that many important enzymes play in starch metabolism and their position on a detailed linkage map, we should now be able to make progress in manipulating this trait, either through conventional means such as marker-assisted selection or through transgenic approaches.
Dale
M Finlay B
MF
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK. fdale@scri.sari.ac.uk
Bradshaw
John E
JE
D003080:Cold Temperature; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D035281:Plant Tubers / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism*
D013213:Starch