What is a potato?

Potato, the scientific name of potato, is commonly known as "potato" and "earth egg". Guyuan people call potatoes "life-saving eggs" and "baby eggs" according to their characteristics of wide adaptability, wide consumption, high yield and high economic value. Potatoes originated in South America with a history of 1800 years.

The main potato producing areas are Dingxi City, Gansu Province, Guyuan City, Ningxia, Southwest China, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and other places. Dingxi City, Gansu Province, with its unique geographical environment and natural conditions, is one of the best planting areas in China and even the world.

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Some scholars believe that * * * has seven cultivated species, which are mainly distributed in temperate and subtropical regions in the Andes of South America and its nearby coastal areas. The most important potato cultivar is tetraploid. Tetraploid potatoes are cultivated all over the world. At first, the short-day type was introduced from Colombia in South America to Spain in Europe in 1570, and became the long-day type through artificial selection. Later, it spread to Asia, North America, South Africa and Australia.