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A joint Chilean, Italian, and United States potato (Solanum tuberosum) germplasm collecting expedition was conducted in the Guaitecas and Chonos Archipelagos, south of Chiloé Island, between March 4 – March 21, 1990. The expedition resulted in 30 collections ofSolanum tuberosum and 1 collection ofFragaria chiloensis L. Twenty-three of the potato collections were along the salt-water-swept shores of the islands. These beach populations, unlike the indigenous landraces in southern Chile, are self-perpetuating populations and provide useful new germplasm for researchers interested in the origin of cultivated potatoes and in the origin ofSolanum tuberosum in Chile.
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Contreras, A., Ciampi, L., Padulosi, S. et al. Potato germplasm collecting expedition to the Guaitecas and chonos Archipelagos, Chile, 1990. Potato Res 36, 309–316 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361797
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