History through the eyes of the potato - Leo Bear-McGuinness
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Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries; at some point in your life you’ve probably eaten a potato. But potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history than just that of the dietary staple we have come to know and love today. Leo Bear-McGuinness shares how without the potato, our modern civilization might not exist at all.
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Alejandro Tolaba
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The cultivated potato not come from Peru, that is the potato andigenus. The European potato come from south of Chile an its characterized by tuberized in long day, diferent to the andigenous potato who tuberized in short days, this is a fact widely accepted in early scientifics papers. Therefore, andigenus potato tuberized in winter favorable in warm climates like Peru and non-productive in temperate climates.
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Miguel Durango
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Yes, its true. But, Chilean ancestors adapted the Peruvian potatoes. Peruvian ancestors cultivated in a huge range of climates, so they already had crops growing in harsh cold climates. European potatos were mostly one variety, that is why Ireland got a potato plague which destroyed almost all potato plants. As, they were only cultivating one variety, there was not genetical resistance, so potatoes perished.
