Solanum demissum
{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Solanum}}
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|genus=Solanum
|species=demissum
|authority=Lindl.
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- Solanum alpicum {{small|Standl. & Steyerm.}}
- Solanum demissum f. adpresso-acuminatum {{small|Bukasov ex Rybin}}
- Solanum demissum f. atrocyaneum {{small|Lechn. ex Bukasov}}
- Solanum demissum f. calycotrichum {{small|Hawkes}}
- Solanum demissum var. klotzschii {{small|Bitter}}
- Solanum demissum f. longifilamentosum {{small|Hawkes}}
- Solanum demissum var. mastoidostigma {{small|Hawkes}}
- Solanum demissum f. microcalyx {{small|Lechn. ex Bukasov}}
- Solanum demissum var. orientale {{small|Hawkes}}
- Solanum demissum f. perotanum {{small|Hawkes}}
- Solanum demissum f. tlaxpehualcoense {{small|Bukasov ex Rybin}}
- Solanum demissum f. tolucense {{small|Hawkes}}
- Solanum demissum f. xitlense {{small|Bukasov ex Rybin}}
- Solanum semidemissum {{small|Juz.}}
- Solanum semidemissum {{small|Juz. ex Bukasov}}
- Solanum stoloniferum var. pumilum {{small|M.Martens & Galeotti}}
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Solanum demissum is a species of wild potato in the family Solanaceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331077-2 |title=Solanum demissum Lindl. |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 November 2021 }} It has been extensively used as a source of alleles for resistance to Phytophthora infestans, the cause of late potato blight, to improve the domestic potato Solanum tuberosum.{{Cite journal|year=2022|volume=49|pages=5729–5749|id={{S2CID|254832238}}|s2cid=237279816|doi=10.1007/s11033-021-06650-0|vauthors= Kashtwari M, Mansoor S, Wani AA|display-authors=2|title=Random mutagenesis in vegetatively propagated crops: opportunities, challenges and genome editing prospects|journal=Molecular Biology Reports|issue=6 |pmid=34427889 }}{{cite journal |title=Genetic transmission of Solanum demissum (2n = 6x = 72) chromosomes from a pentaploid hybrid of S. tuberosum (2n = 4x = 48) into the aneuploid BC1 progeny |year=2016 |last1=Ono |first1=Seijiro |last2=Sanetomo |first2=Rena |last3=Hosaka |first3=Kazuyoshi |journal=Euphytica |volume=207 |issue=1 |pages=149–168 |doi=10.1007/s10681-015-1558-1|bibcode=2016Euphy.207..149O |id={{S2CID|254470534}}|s2cid=15300886 }}
Disease
This species or S. stoloniferum may be used to replace cultivated potato due to their superior disease resistance.{{Cite journal|issue=5|volume=12|year=2019|last1=Fernie|first1=Alisdair Robert|last2=Yan|first2=Jianbing|pages=615–631|s2cid=121615993|pmid=30999078|doi=10.1016/j.molp.2019.03.016|title=De Novo Domestication: An Alternative Route toward New Crops for the Future|journal=Molecular Plant|doi-access=free|bibcode=2019MPlan..12..615F }}{{Cite journal|year=2017|pages=120–130|journal=Plant Science|volume=256|last1=Zsögön|first1=Agustin|last2=Cermak|first2=Tomas|last3=Voytas|first3=Dan|last4=Peres|first4=Lázaro Eustáquio Pereira|doi=10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.12.012|title=Genome editing as a tool to achieve the crop ideotype and de novo domestication of wild relatives|pmid=28167025 |url=http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/19981 |url-access=subscription}}