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Americans love their potato chips -- in fact, about 13 percent of the nation's potatoes become them. Now, thanks to Cornell's potato-breeding program, we'll soon have two new varieties designed specifically for chip-making, reports The Cornell News Service.
Waneta and Lamoka potatoes, named after two twin lakes in the Finger Lakes region that Cornell calls home, both have long storage life and an appealing color when sliced. Since potatoes are usually harvested in the fall but don't head for the chipper till spring, it's important to have a potato that stores well. These new varieties are also resistant to common potato diseases in the area: golden nematode, which infects roots, and scab, which forms pits in the root vegetable.
And they'll make for tastier snacks, too. The Lamoka is high in starch, which makes for a less greasy chip because it soaks up less oil when fried. The Waneta is less prone to bruising, which should make for fewer of those funky green chips at the bottom of the bag. There were 40 acres of the new varieties planted in 2010 (and 400 acres slated for 2011), and since each acre yields a whopping 30,000 pounds of potatoes, these new chips should be making their way through the big Pennsylvania processing plants like Utz and Herr's soon. Happy crunching!
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3-01-2011 @2:48PM betty said... Is this not more genetic modification?
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3-01-2011 @3:00PM JT said... A little genetic modification or more pesticide to fight the nematode and pollute the ground water--you make the call.
3-02-2011 @10:20AM hanna said... Breeding might well be called genetic modification, but consider that every single thing you eat has been bred at some point. That is an extremely uneducated question to ask. Do people even know what breeding and genetic modification mean anymore?
4-02-2011 @12:01AM Amy Johansen said... @ BettyRemember there IS a difference between selective breeding or splicing two potatoes to make a new potatoes, that is vastly different then making a GMO, genetically modified organism, which involves placing foeign genes from animals, insects, or germs or bacteria, etc via a laser to make the plant more pesticide resistant usually, thought not always.
And to HANNAH: I think you are another one of those people who doesn't realize that Genetically Modified Organism these days, means the above, inserting foreign genes or bacteries in to plant seeds via lasers. I agree that people are jumping the gun here as there is nothing to indicate this IS a GMO, BUT I guess we will find out in time.
PLUS http://www.responsibletechnology.org/docs/119.pdf here is an interesting article both of you should read, regarding some failed GMO potatoes. :D
God Bless ~Amy
3-01-2011 @2:50PM D said... I live in Calif. so this wont do anything for us out here... maybe they will ship them over sometime soon
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3-01-2011 @4:14PM Sally said... It should read "named after twin lakes" and not "named after two twin lakes." Where did you learn to write?
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3-01-2011 @5:19PM Don Betz said... Is this a reincarnation of Potato City in Potter County, PA., where in the 1950s, Dr, Nixon of Penn State University,. developed the chip potato for the PA Potato Growers in 492 Acres on top of Denton Hill, PA Route 6.
The hotel building is still there and operating as Potato City Motel and Restaurant
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