Solanum berthaultii

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Solanum}}

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|species=berthaultii

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• Solanum berthaultii f. zudanense {{small|(Cárdenas) Correll}}
• Solanum flavoviridens {{small|Ochoa}}
• Solanum litusinum {{small|Ochoa}}
• Solanum tarijense {{small|Hawkes}}
• Solanum tarijense var. pojoense {{small|(Cárdenas) Correll}}
• Solanum trigalense {{small|Cárdenas}}
• Solanum vallegrandense {{small|Cárdenas}}
• Solanum vallegrandense var. pojoense {{small|Cárdenas}}
• Solanum zudanense {{small|Cárdenas}}

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Solanum berthaultii (syn. Solanum tarijense) is a species of wild potato in the family Solanaceae, native to Bolivia and northwestern Argentina.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:238416-2 |title=Solanum berthaultii Hawkes |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=12 November 2021 }} It is being extensively studied for its resistance to Phytophthora infestans, the late potato blight, and for other traits to improve the domestic potato Solanum tuberosum.{{cite journal |title=Characterization and mapping of R Pi-ber, a novel potato late blight resistance gene from Solanum berthaultii |year=2006 |last1=Rauscher |first1=G. M. |last2=Smart |first2=C. D. |last3=Simko |first3=I. |last4=Bonierbale |first4=M. |last5=Mayton |first5=H. |last6=Greenland |first6=A. |last7=Fry |first7=W. E. |journal=Theoretical and Applied Genetics |volume=112 |issue=4 |pages=674–687 |doi=10.1007/s00122-005-0171-4 |pmid=16402191 |s2cid=12671842 }}