MUNICH, Germany—A new super potato developed last year by Fraunhofer researchers with the aid of a new, especially rapid breeding process recently was harvested and processed for the first time. The new potato looks like any other from the outside; however, its cells produce pure amylopectin, a starch used in the paper, textile and food industries.
Nutritional starches for emulsifying soups and desserts be extracted from the new potato, and it also can be used for paste and smooth coating for paper and thread production.
“This potato is the first product in Germany developed by Tilling that achieves market readiness,” said Prof. Prüfer of the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME.
Tilling—an acronym for “Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes”—is a breeding process that researchers want to use to push evolution yet another step forward.
