Potatoes with the right 'antennas': Origin of novel broad resistance to late blight found in wild potato relatives

All over the world, huge quantities of crop protection agents are sprayed to control potato blight (Phytophthora infestans). The mechanisms of resistance of potatoes need to be better understood to make growing this crop more sustainable. Researchers of Wageningen University & Research together with their colleagues in Tübingen and Norwich have now taken an important step. Their research has been published in the journal Science.