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Also known as potato plant, tater, tattie, spud, Solanum tuberosum

The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

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Solanum tuberosum, commonly known as the potato, is a species within the genus Solanum. It belongs to the family Solanaceae and is classified as a perennial, useful, and poisonous plant. The organism produces berries as fruit and serves as a source for potato starch. It functions as a food ingredient, vegetable, fodder, and medicinal plant.

The taxon’s range includes Beijing, China, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Guangdong. It is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The potato is referenced by 4,050 other encyclopedia articles and has a PubMed count of 38,342. Its genome is sequenced and available through Ensembl. The Unicode character for the potato is 🥔.

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Species

FamilySolanaceae
Native toArgentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Solanum tuberosum La Pomme de terre ou patate (dans le registre informel ou bien en français canadien ou belge) est un tubercule comestible produit par l’espèce Solanum tuberosum, appartenant à la famille des solanacées. Le terme désigne également la plante elle-même, plante herbacée, vivace par ses tubercules mais toujours cultivée comme une culture annuelle. La pomme de terre est une plante qui réussit dans la plupart des sols, mais elle préfère les sols légers et légèrement acides. La plante est sujette aux maladies dans des sols calcaires ou manquant d’humus[1]. La pomme de terre est originaire de la cordillère des Andes (Pérou), dans le Sud-Ouest de l’Amérique du Sud où son utilisation remonte à environ 8 000 ans. Introduite en Europe vers la fin du XVIe siècle à la suite de la découverte de l’Amérique par les conquistadors espagnols, elle s’est rapidement diffusée dans le monde et est en 2015 cultivée dans plus de 150 pays sous pratiquement toutes les latitudes habitées. Elle est une source importante de glucides, qui se présentent principalement sous forme de fécule[N 1], et selon son mode de cuisson elle peut apporter des quantités notables de protéines et de vitamines. Ses

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

31 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Description
  • Phylogeny
  • History
  • Domestication
  • Spread
  • Breeding
  • Varieties
  • Genetic engineering
  • Cultivation
  • Seed potatoes
  • Phases of growth
  • Pests and diseases
  • Harvest
  • Storage
  • Production
  • Effects of climate change on production
  • Changes in pests and diseases
  • Adaptation strategies
  • Nutrition
  • Toxicity
  • Uses
  • Culinary
  • Other uses
  • Cultural significance
  • In mythology
  • In art
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile. Genetic studies show that the cultivated potato has a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia. Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the S. brevicaule complex. Many varieties of the potato are cultivated in the Andes region of South America, where the species is indigenous.

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