Thirty years of the PROINPA Foundation's contribution to Bolivian agriculture: Case of “Marcela” potato crop

Abstract

With the objetive of recognizing Bolivian researchers, who are not always mentioned, we have written this simple but significant document, in which the case of potato cultivation “Marcela”, which is being widely used in the valleys from Tarija and Potosí heights mainly, due to its tolerance to drought, resistance to late potato blight (Phytophthora infestans) and precocity, with yields ranging from 15 to 20 t ha^-1. This cultivar was assumed by INIAF as an alternative strategy to deal with reducing the effects of climate change on potato production.