Cortical tubers contain characteristic giant cells surrounded by a severe astrogliosis.
The genetic components and genes involved in potato tuber cell wall characteristics in relation to the differences in cooking type have not been fully understood and there is a clear lack of high-quality candidate genes.
Although there were no focal tubers per se, there were focal lesions in the hippocampus and the entire cerebral cortex had many characteristics of tubers.
In this paper we report the results of a systematic investigation, aimed at verifying which is the optimal combination of promoters and transgenes, able to maximally increase the provitamin A content of potato tubers without affecting vegetative characteristics.
The inclusion of Amitostigma in tribe Orchideae has long been accepted based on characteristics of the gynostemium and tubers, though contrasting tribal circumscriptions have occasionally been proposed (cf. [ 2, 16, 17]).
The relatively large number of processing lines in this study provided the opportunity to examine phenotypic and genotypic characteristics such as chip color and tuber shape within the processing market classes.
In every section from every specimen of perituberal tissue, we found aberrant cells characteristic of tubers: giant cells, gliotic astrocytes, and cytomegalic neurons.
Strict Jains, including Jain monks and nuns, do not eat root vegetables such as potatoes, onions and garlic, because tiny organisms are injured when the plant is pulled up, and also because a bulb or tuber's ability to sprout is seen as characteristic of a living being.
Potatoes are normally, propagated via asexual reproduction, by planting whole tubers or sections; the resulting plants are 'clones' whose characteristics are identical to those of the Parent' potato.
No significant differences in productivity, organoleptic characteristics and element concentrations were observed between the potato tubers obtained with both kinds of soil fertilization, while the tubers grown on compost amended soil showed, on average, higher K concentrations with respect to those grown on mineral fertilised soil.
