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Current situation of wild Solanum spp. L. sect. Petota (Solanum, Solanaceae) in some Colombian regions

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Potatoes are grown as a staple food in a number of countries around the world. Potatoes production is fourth at the worldwide level and provides carbohydrates and other nutrients in several developing countries. In South America a large diversity of wild and cultivated potato genotypes have been identified, from which several species have been described in Colombia. The last known collections of wild potato germplasm in Colombia were performed up to 1992, and we know little of wild potato distribution since that time. Several factors may threaten these populations, and we performed field surveys of the Colombian populations, as well as a literature review, studies of herbarium specimens from eight Colombian herbaria and databases from reference collections available on the internet. Based in these data we performed field trips in several Colombian regions where wild and cultivated species were reported previously. We identified Solanum andreanum Baker, S. colombianum Dunal and S. flahaultii Bitter, populations according to the taxonomic concepts of Spooner and Fajardo; or S. andreanum, S. colombianum, S. flahaultii, S. moscopanum Hawkes and S. tuquerrense Hawkes, according to the taxonomy of Hawkes. We observed habitat loss or disturbance that may partially explain the apparent decrease or eventual disappearance of some species at specific sites.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development through the Project entitled “Estudio de la diversidad de papas silvestres (Solanum sect. Petota) asociadas a papas cultivadas (Solanum tuberosum L.) en los departamentos de Antioquia, Boyacá y Cundinamarca y Análisis de su flujo de genes en condiciones de campo”, Secretaría de Agricultura de Antioquia and Universidad Nacional de Colombia Branch Medellín. Thanks to AGROBIO and FEDEPAPA for support of some project activities and socialization events. We are very grateful to Dra. Elsa Camadro for critical review of the manuscript and useful comments that improved the document.

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  1. Herbario Gabriel Gutiérrez, (MEDEL), Universidad Nacional de Colombia Branch Medellín, Autopista Norte, Carrera 64 Calle 65, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

    Jorge Mario Vélez

  2. Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas, Carrera 72A No 78 B 141, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

    Rosana Pineda & Leonardo Galindo

  3. Escuela de Biociencias, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellín, Autopista Norte, Carrera 64 Calle 65, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

    Rafael Arango

  4. Departamento de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellín, Autopista Norte, Carrera 64 Calle 65, Colombia Bloque 11, Núcleo El Volador, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

    Juan Gonzalo Morales

  5. Unidad de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas, Autopista Norte, Carrera 64 Calle 65, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

    Rafael Arango

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Vélez, J.M., Pineda, R., Galindo, L. et al. Current situation of wild Solanum spp. L. sect. Petota (Solanum, Solanaceae) in some Colombian regions. Genet Resour Crop Evol 63, 47–54 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-015-0234-6

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