Science Spin 48 September 2011 | Page 5

The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium team at Teagasc Crops, Environment and Land Use Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow (from left): Dr Istvan Nagy, Dr Dan Milbourne, and Marialaura Destefanis (Teagasc Walsh Fellow). UPFRONT www.sciencespin.com genes conferring resistance to late blight and the potato cyst nematode. Rapid advances in DNA seque