Daniela Ruíz, student of the master’s degree in Biological Sciences at the Pontifical Javeriana University, tells us about her work in the Root to Food project
Mashua, Oca and ulluco were considered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as marginalized crops, cultivated species that at other times or under other conditions had a greater importance in traditional agriculture and in the food of indigenous peoples and other local communities. Mashua has a high nutritional value in its tubers and has the ability to tuber under adverse weather conditions. These characteristics can help address food security challenges in high Andean areas. This tuber has a variety of colors ranging from white to very dark purple.
Daniela Ruiz, a student of the master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Javeriana University, tells us about her undergraduate work, in which she seeks to address the association between genotype and phenotype of different morphotypes of Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum), through the characterization of morphological variability, variability of global gene expression profiles and genetics, applying techniques of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and genotyping by complete genome sequencing (WGS).
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