Potato genomics, transcriptomics and miRNomics in response to abiotic stressors

Abstract

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the essential non-cereal crops with noticeably greater production and consumption rates across the world. Because of the diverse range of utilization of nutritious tubers, potatoes can be used as an alternative food to address regional, national, and global food security issues compromised by global climate change. Since potato yield and quality are dramatically affected by abiotic stress conditions, the development of potato plants showing greater performance after being exposed to individual or combined stress treatments has become intriguing for the past decade. In this book chapter, recent studies and/or approaches associated with potato genomics, transcriptomics, and identification of miRNAs are summarized to discuss the response of potatoes to abiotic stress factors in different regulatory levels. Such a summary should encompass the importance and identification of factors for the development of potato plants under current and potential exacerbating effects caused by abiotic stress.