“…Most of these studies focused on resistance to different pest, virus, and fungal diseases (Davies 2002;Mullins et al 2006). Some examples include resistance to black scurf ( Rhizoctonia solani; Broglie et al 1991), Colorado potato beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata) through expression of the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin gene (Adang et al 1993;Perlak et al 1993), late blight (Cornelissen and Melchers 1993;Song et al 2003;Van der Vossen et al 2003, 2005Osusky et al 2004), potato leaf roll virus (PLRV), potato tuber moth ( Phthorimaea operculella; Davidson et al 2002), potato virus Y (PVY; Hassairi et al 1998), and soft rot ( Erwinia carotovora; During et al 1993). Examples of transgenic potato for increased nutritional characteristics include increase in total amino acid composition especially lysine, tyrosine, and sulphur-containing amino acids (Chakraborty et al 2000), selective increase in the essential amino acid methionine (Zeh et al 2001), increased inulin (Hellwege et al 2000), increased β-carotene and lutein (Ducreux et al 2005), and decrease in the glycoalkaloid solanine (Lukaszewicz et al 2004).…”