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Peru has been the centre of origin and diversity of more than 3,000 varieties of native potato, although only a few varieties were typically consumed beyond the Andean region. Of little value outside the Andes, these tubers were long considered the food of the poor and the indig…

The sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) and the potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum L.) have longstanding histories as staple crops, have undergone thousands of years of domestication and cultivation, provide high caloric yield per acre, are dense with essential nutrients,…