Specialty Spuds: Oregon potato breeder has colorful job

摘要

Some interesting looking spuds are showing up in professor Isabel Vales' specialty potato program. Vales, the lead researcher in Oregon State University's (OSU) potato research program, has been spending about 10 percent of her time developing and evaluating spuds that come in all sorts of shapes and colors. Some of the more intriguing selections have flesh colors ranging from yellow to purple. Many of the experimental cultivars Vales is involved with were hybridized at Oregon State University and USDA-ARS in Prosser, Wash.