Potato innovation has stagnated for decades. Sexual reproduction might get it unstuck. This article is written by Potato 2.0 advisory committee member Peter Imle and featured in the MIT technology Review. Read the article here or you can download the article here.

Over 300 diploid potato varieties were evaluated in a small-plot yield trial at the University of Wisconsin Hancock Agricultural Research Station (HARS).

Potatoes USA features the Potato 2.0 project and answers frequently asked questions about the project. Check out the video here.

In June and July, we have been extracting dihaploids from field-grown plants.

Shelley Jansky and David Douches discuss the Potato 2.0 project at the 2018 Potato Expo

Watch the full presentation here.

Diploid seedling families have been transplanted to the field at the Hancock, Wisconsin, Agricultural Research Station.