The Potato 2.0 Project

To address potato breeding constraints, our long-term goal is to convert potato into a diploid (2x) crop | Funding from USDA NIFA SCRI (2019-51181-30021)

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Read "A New Beginning - Producing Diploid Potato Seed" in the Sept23 Badger Common'Tater https://t.co/Udri03JpBE via
@issuu by Potato 2.0 program team members Paul Bethke, Andy Hamernik, and Jeff Endelman.

[Haploid Genomics Lab @haploidgenomics]

Scenes from our 2023 Field day at Aroostook Research Farms in Presque Isle, ME where we showed stakeholders our first diploid crosses 🥔 from Potato 2.0 @SCRI2xPotato and USDA-ARS #potatobreeding #potato

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

UW-Madison breeding group in front of their diploid trial at the Potato Field Day in Hancock, Wisconsin.

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

The UW-Madison potato breeding program has a new vegetable transplanter! One of the long-term goals of the Potato 2.0 effort is to utilize transplants for 1st year production instead of greenhouse minitubers. We have a lot to learn and optimize, but it’s an exciting beginning. 🥔

[Haploid Genomics Lab @haploidgenomics]

Finished planting our 2023 primary dihaploid yield trials, thanks the wonderful crew from our lab and the USDA-ARS 🥔🥔🥔 @SCRI2xPotato @USDA_ARS @MainePotatoes — we stopped for the view of Katahdin on our way to trial field 🙌🏽

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Sharing the Potato 2.0 project with the community with displays of wild, diploid, and tetraploid potato plants and tubers.
@ekhtn @haploidgenomics

[The Plant Genome 🌱🧬 @plantgenome]

Article Alert: Using haplotype and QTL analysis to fix favorable alleles in diploid potato breeding 🥔

➡️ https://t.co/6DtAyne79I

#spuds #breeding #genetics

[Haploid Genomics Lab @haploidgenomics]

We have started collecting the these sweet-smelling gift packets 🎁 from our winter crosses 😂 #potato #potatobreeding @SCRI2xPotato @UMainePotato

[C Robin Buell @robin_buell]

Excited to be at #AGBTAg23 with Brieanne from @TheBuellLab team presenting our @SCRI2xPotato progress! @UGA @USDA

[E. Han Tan @ekhtn]

A few scenes from our winter crossing block—flowers from two F1 diploid potato siblings #potato #potatobreeding @UMainePotato @SCRI2xPotato

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

The Potato 2.0 team and Potatoes USA displaying diploid varieties at the 2023 Potato Expo, explaining misconceptions and bringing awareness to the team.
@potatoesusagcc @POTATOEXPO @DaveDouches

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Dr. Dave Douches representing the Potato 2.0 project at the 2023 Potato Expo, displaying diploid varieties in comparison to Lamoka. Notice Dave's badge, "ASK ME ABOUT DIPLOIDS!"
@POTATOEXPO @DaveDouches

[Haploid Genomics Lab @haploidgenomics]

2022 diploid F1 families to be assessed this year in the greenhouse is being readied for planting @SCRI2xPotato @UMainePotato

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Dihaploid flowers at Montcalm Research Center, by Kate Shaw

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

The Tan lab at the University of Maine harvesting primary dihaploids. The lab harvested about 400 lines by hand this year!

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Interesting flowers from dihaploid potato plants grown in the field by the Douches lab at MSU. All photos taken by Kate Shaw at MSU.

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Check out the PAA 2021 Symposium Proceedings for “Diploid Potatoes as a Catalyst for Change in the Potato Industry”.
https://t.co/IXkfLcMSkA

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Read the "Impact of True Potato Seed on the Industry" in the recent Aug22 Badger Common'Tater publication https://t.co/ZARtBs7a81 via @issuu by Potato 2.0 program director and principal investigators Paul Mitchell, Jeff Endelman, Paul Bethke, and Guanming Shi

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

The Buell lab presented their work on haplotype resolved dihaploid assemblies for the Potato 2.0 project at CROPS 2022.

[The Potato 2.0 Project @SCRI2xPotato]

Potato Grower - April 2022 (page 25) https://t.co/D9XoYPmPXR