Dr John E. Bradshaw is an Honorary Associate of The James Hutton Institute, UK. He is also Honorary Fellow of the Indian Potato Association and an Honorary Member of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding, having served as Chairperson of their Section Potatoes from 2000 to 2009. He was Co-ordinating Editor of the journal Potato Research from 2017 to 2021. His main interests focus on plant breeding and genetics and he has published extensively on the subject.

Part 1 Genetic diversity and phenotype analysis

• 1.Understanding the genetic base of modern potato breeding: Delphine Van Inghelandt, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany;
• 2.Understanding and improving global potato germplasm conservation and use: Alfonso del Rio, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;
• 3.Challenges and advances in high-throughput phenotyping in potato: David De Koeyer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;

Part 2 Advances in conventional breeding and pre-breeding techniques

• 4.Advances in pre-breeding in potato: Thilo Hammann, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany;
• 5.Advances in breeding and multiplication of clonally-propagated potato cultivars: Domenico Carputo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy;
• 6.Advances in breeding and multiplication of true potato seed (TPS)-propagated potato cultivars: John Bradshaw, The James Hutton Institute, UK;

Part 3 Advances in genomic breeding techniques

• 7.The implications of the pangenome for potato breeding: Martina Strömvik, McGill University, Canada;
• 8.Advances in understanding cytoplasmic types in potato: Kazuyoshi Hosaka, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan;
• 9.Advances in potato molecular cytogenetics: Paola Gaiero, University of the Republic, Uruguay;
• 10.Advances in marker-assisted and genomic selection in potato breeding: Kathrin Thelen, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany;
• 11.Advances in genetic modification and gene editing of potato: Erik Andreasson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;
• 12.Advances in potato transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics and their applications to breeding: Paul Himmighofen, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany;

Part 4 Breeding for improved yield and quality traits of potato

• 13.Breeding for photoperiod insensitivity in potato: Lucia Perez Borroto, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;
• 14.Advances in breeding to improve the processing quality of potato: Liping Jin, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China;
• 15.Advances in breeding to improve cooking quality, flavour and texture of potato: Sastry Jayanty, Colorado State University, USA;
• 16.Advances in breeding to improve the nutritional and nutraceutical properties of potato: Hannele Lindqvist Kreuze, International Potato Center (CIP), Peru;

Part 5 Breeding for improved abiotic stress tolerance of potato

• 17.Breeding for improved drought tolerance in potato: Karin Köhl, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany;
• 18.Breeding for improved heat tolerance in potato: Lucia Perez Borroto, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;

Part 6 Breeding for improved biotic stress resistance of potato

• 19.Breeding for improved resistance to late blight and other fungal diseases of potato: Phillip S. Wharton, University of Idaho, USA;
• 20.Breeding for improved resistance to bacterial diseases of potato: Renata Lebecka, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Poland;
• 21.Breeding for improved resistance to viral diseases of potato: Bihua Nie, Huazhong Agricultural University, China;
• 22.Breeding for improved pest resistance of potato: Silvia I. Rondon, Oregon State University, USA;
• 23.Breeding for improved nematode resistance of potato: Aska Goverse, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;