Biotech Updates

Books on Peruvian Potatoes

April 4, 2007

The Cultural Center of the Catholic University and the International Potato Center (CIP) recently launched two books that contribute to the study of the Peruvian potato, one strictly scientific, the other anthropological. Originally published in Spanish, the English translation of the book “The Potatoes of South America: Peru offers a description of almost 100 wild species of Peruvian potatoes. The “Catalogue of Native Potatoes Varieties of Huancavelica, Peru”, in Spanish, focuses on 144 potato varieties native to the Huancavelica region, in the Central Andes of Peru.

For more information, visit http://www.cipotato.org/pressroom/press_releases_detail.asp?cod=34.