Level of ploidy and chromosomal number of wild potato species
As part of the International Potato Center (CIP) genebank activities, the ploidy level (2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x) of 2120 accession was estimated using flow cytometry of DNA from leaflets of young leaves and chromosome counting of root tip meristematic cells under optical microscope (Orrillo et al., 2009). These data are useful for different wild species related studies, germplasm characterization and for use of wild diversity in pre-breeding schemes.
The in Peru conserves a wild potato species collection at -20ºC for long term storage. This collection maintains 2337 accessions that represent 140 wild potato species classified within the Solanum genus Petota section Solanaceae family, based on (Hawkes,1990; Spooner et al., 2004 & 2014). This diversity is conserved and distributed as a public good under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).
Laboratorios del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP)
FAO WIEWS code of the institute where the accession is maintained. The codes consist of the 3-letter ISO 3166 country code of the country where the institute is located plus a number (e.g. COL001). The current set of institute codes is available from http://www.fao.org/wiews. For those institutes not yet having an FAO Code, or for those with ‘obsolete’ codes, see ‘Common formatting rules (v)’.
Somatic chromosome number
List of accessions included in the dataset