date:Aug 21, 2013
he American Society for Horticultural Science.
The potatoes were created by crossing the wild potatoes with a yellow flesh with cultivated potatoes. This is not the first such work for the scientists. The duo created the Peter Wilcox, a new potato in 2007. It had a yellow flesh and a purple skin. The carotenoid levels in the potato are 15 percent higher than in Yukon Gold, Haynes said.
The carotenoids involved include lutein, neoxanthin, zeaxanthin, antheraxanthin and violaxanthin. Zeaxanthin