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Potatoes in Ukraine have come under threat due to an unusually warm winter, late spring frosts, and a lack of moisture.

An international study published in the journal Cell revealed that the modern potato emerged about nine million years ago from a natural cross between an ancestor of the tomato and a Chilean wild plant from the Etuberosum group. The research, led by Sanwen Huang from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, solves an evolutionary mystery that had puzzled science for decades and rewrites the genetic history of one of the most consumed foods in the world. This hybridization event allowed the first potatoes to form underground tubers, the basis for the diversification of over a hundred known species today.

This year, the potato area in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium has increased significantly more than predicted in the spring. According to preliminary data from industry associations and statistical offices, the increase could reach around 50 thousand hectares instead of the expected 25 thousand hectares. This is reported by Boerderij with reference to the