Potato as a global plant - nutritional, dietary and medicinal values

The manuscript addressed an overview of potato nomenclature - from international names of the species, through national, folk, regional to cultivar names. It additionally outlined the history of potato incorporation to the European continent as well as its cultivation, production crop yield and consumption at a global, European and national level. Issues concerning the economic importance of potato, its chemical composition, nutritional, consumption, dietetic and health - promoting values were discussed as well.