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* Feedstock for [[starch]] and [[ethanol]]
* Feedstock for [[starch]] and [[ethanol]]
* Source of [[solanidine]] for production of [[16-DPA]] medicinal synthon
* Source of [[solanidine]] for production of [[16-DPA]] medicinal synthon
* As a natural source of dilute [[phosphoric acid]], they have excellent electrical potential, making [[potato battery|potato batteries]] more powerful than their citrus cousins which are driven by citric and acetic acids.
* As a natural source of dilute [[phosphoric acid]], they have excellent electrical potential, making [[raw potato battery|raw potato batteries]] more powerful than their citrus cousins which are driven by citric and acetic acids.


==Hazards==  
==Hazards==  

Latest revision as of 07:55, 5 September 2019

 
Solanum tuberosum
Species Solanum tuberosum 
Growing area global 
Range Ubiquitous 
Taxonomy Plantae>Angiosperms>Eudicots>Asterids>Solanales>Solanaceae

Potatos are extraordinarily useful as a foodstock for humans and as a feedstock for chemistry.

Uses

Primary

  • Nutritious, abundant, and easily cultivated Foodstock. Along with dent corn, potatos produce three times the calories per acre, and twice the calories per liter of water of other plants, making them kings of "austere" agriculture

Secondary

Hazards

Cultivation

Harvest

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