Description
Potato is one of the most popular and widely use vegetable in the world. it is an annual plat, producing swelling underground stem tubers. This vegetable forms an important and an indispensable item of our daily food and is an important source of nutrition.
Origin and Distribution
The potato is a native of South America, where it as been cultivated for ancient times. It was introduce to Europe in the later-half of the 16th century. But nearly one hundred years, it was look upon as a poisonous tuber. Its food value was realize only in 1771, when a price was offer in the France for the discovery of an article of food which could be use as substitute for wheat in time of famine.
In the United State, potato was introduced by Irish immigrant in 1719. The Spaniards took to Philippines at an early date. It came to India in the 17th century. The missionary probably introduced it to East Africa toward the end of the 19th century. In volume and value in world basis, the potato now exceed all other crops in the world.




