Wild and cultivated potatoes in Peru, Bolivia and Argentinia, 1974
Collectors: J.G. Hawkes, K.A. Okada, J.G.Th. Hermsen and A.M. van Harten
Introduction
We have found hardly any original documentation (reports, collection forms) of this mission. In 'Documents' you'll find the register of samples from the 1974 mission. According to Hermsen, the mission collected 2201 tuber and 414 seed samples of cultivated species as well as 211 samples of 24 wild species, from which 60 only as tubers. The Registry list contains 863-31=832 potato samples. The tubers were left in the country of origin to be transferred into true seed and sent to Wageningen later. Many true seed samples from farmers fields have not been used, because they probably contain a mixture of varieties. The mission was financially supported by the "Bintje fonds".
Currently 64 accessions have reached the CGN collection and are available, another 64 samples are still waiting for approval to enter the collection. 'Documents' also contains a discussion paper (in German) on which cultivated material to include in the BGRC collection. 'Articles' reports on the mission (in Dutch). The Excel file in 'Material' gives passport information of the samples/accessions at CGN.
Funded by the Royal Society of London, David Astley from Birmingham University collected at the same time wild species in Bolivia, from which 29 samples were included in the CGN collection. Under 'Documents' you'll find a list of the collected samples.
Documents
List of samples from Netherlands Potato Expedition 1974. (incl. list of determinations by Hawkes)
List of samples from Netherlands/Birmingham University mission (David Astley). B-numbers are from Birmingham.
List of CIP accessions, where some fruits were collected.
Passport data of HVHL5405-6183 and ASL6184-6262.
List of germplasm from 1974 expeditions included in the Dutch-German Potato collection (previously in Germany, now at CGN)
List of germplasm groups by van Soest, used for discussion paper.
L.J.M. van Soest (1982). Discussion paper on inclusion in the potato collection of TPS of landraces from 1974 expedition (German/Dutch)
Material
Download an Excel file with all materials of this mission that is documented at CGN: 67 accessions and another 62 samples that were not included in the CGN collection.