Dr. Xander Wang, Associate Professor, School of Climate Change and Adaptation, U.P.E.I., reveals how gene-sequencing data is being collected to identify spud varieties on the island that are both potato wart-resistant and climate change-resilient.
For more information check out UPEI’s article https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2022/04/upei-researchers-seek-identify-climate-resilient-and-wart-resistant
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