The potato (Scientific name: Solanum tuberosum) is a plant belonging to the nightshade family, native to South America and cultivated throughout the world for its edible tubers. Domesticated in the Andean highlands by about 7,000 inhabitants years.1 was brought to Europe by the Spanish conquerors as a botanical curiosity rather than as a food plant. Over time its use has grown and expanded its cultivation worldwide to rank as one of the main food for humans. This tuber is still the staple food of millions of people, is a delicacy in many parts of the globe has generated dozens of dishes that have a protagonist and also represents a challenge for scientists of various disciplines, which deal to elucidate its origin, genetics and physiology. Also, within the field of technology, they do not cease to find a large number of applications beyond conventional for this tuber, from cosmetics and alcohol to newsprint.