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Centro
Internacional de la Papa (CIP). World potato
collection. |
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CIP.
Potato germplasm collection. |
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CIP.
Sweetpotato flowers (Ipomoea batatas). |
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CIP.
CIP distributes three types of potato genetic material:
tubers, in-vitro plantlets and "true potato seed" |
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CIP.
Indonesian woman farmer working at the "true potato
seed " (TPS) nursery bed. |
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CIP.
Village level potato processing in India. |
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CIP.
Tunisian farmer selecting potato tubers. |
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CIP.
Several wild species of potatoes used by scientists
at CIP. |
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CIP.
Potato fruit containing "true potato seed". |
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CIP.
Leaf hopper trapped by the glandular trichomes of
the"hairy potato". |
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CIP.
Close-up of glandular trichomes (note insect-killing
chemical gum on trichome tips). |
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CIP.
The CIP in vitro genebank contains thousands of
samples of potato, sweetpotato and andean and tuber
crops. |
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CIP.
Potato planting on terraces. |
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International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Improved
cassava. |
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IITA.
Cassava farmer and her children peeling cassava
tubers before processing. |
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IITA.
Farmer gathering bounty cassava harvest. |
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IITA.
A housewife operating IITA-developed chipping machine
for cassava and other root crops. |
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IITA.
Cassava mealybug and green spider mite. |
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IITA.
The most successful biological agent against mealybugs
: a parasitic wasp that feeds only on the mealybug
called Epidinocarsis Lopezi. IITA launched
a search for the natural enemy in South America
in 1980 and now breeds it in huge numbers. |
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