20265118146363

POTATO IS THE MOST WIDELY CONSUMED VEGETABLE WORLDWIDE, AND ITS TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE US ECONOMY HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT $100 BILLION PER YEAR. THE POTATO INDUSTRY MUST CONTINUE TO INNOVATE TO MEET CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, BUT RAPID PROGRESS IS LIMITED BY THE TETRAPLOID GENOME OF CULTIVATED POTATO AND THE ECONOMICS OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION. WE BELIEVE F1 HYBRID VARIETIES, WHICH DO NOT CURRENTLY EXIST IN POTATO AGRICULTURE, ARE AN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES. BUILDING ON YEARS OF PRIOR RESEARCH, THE POTATO 2.0 CAP WILL BRING TOGETHER ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS FROM MANY DISCIPLINARY AND INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUNDS TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE COMPONENTS OF THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND ITS SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT. OBJECTIVE 1 ADDRESSES BREEDING METHODOLOGY, SELECTION FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE, AND VARIETY DEVELOPMENT AS A SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEM. OBJECTIVE 2 ADDRESSES THE PRODUCTION AND CERTIFICATION OF HYBRID SEED. OBJECTIVE 3 ADDRESSES THE UTILIZATION OF HYBRID SEED AND ITS PREDICTED IMPACTS ON THE SEED SYSTEM. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE OPTIMIZED PROTOCOLS FOR RESEARCHERS AND GROWERS, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM GENOMIC PREDICTION AND SEED PRODUCTION TO WEED MANAGEMENT AND PLANTING DENSITY. ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE PROFITABILITY OF POTATO 2.0 AND POTENTIAL SHIFTS IN THE SEED SYSTEM WILL STIMULATE LONG-RANGE PLANNING BY GROWERS, PROCESSORS, AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN POTATO VARIETY DEVELOPMENT. A ROBUST OUTREACH PLAN WILL ENSURE PROJECT RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS REACH INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.

University Of Wisconsin System

NOT APPLICABLE

10.309 - Specialty Crop Research Initiative

Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (IFPS) [USDA - NIFA]

Madison, Wisconsin 53715-1218 United States

Single Zip Code

USDA-NIFA-SCRI-011194