Editing Potato (section)

=== Other uses ===

Potatoes are sometimes used to brew alcoholic spirits such as [[vodka]], [[poitín]], [[akvavit]], and [[brännvin]].<ref name=ermochkine>Ermochkine, Nicholas and Iglikowski, Peter (2003). ''40 degrees east : an anatomy of vodka'', Nova Publishers, p. 65, {{ISBN |1-59033-594-5}}.</ref><ref>[https://runeberg.org/nfbd/0233.html Brännvinsbränning] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621032823/http://runeberg.org/nfbd/0233.html |date=21 June 2013 }} in ''[[Nordisk familjebok]]'', volume 4 (1905)</ref>

Potatoes are used as [[fodder]] for livestock. They may be made into [[silage]] which can be stored for some months before use.<ref name="Halliday_2015">{{cite web |last=Halliday |first=Les |display-authors=etal |title=Ensiling Potatoes |work=Prince Edward Island Agriculture and Fisheries |date=2015 |url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/af_fact_ensipot.pdf |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schroeder |first=Ken |date=October 2012 |title=Feeding Cull Potatoes to Dairy and Beef Cattle |url=https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/wbic/files/2012/10/Feeding-Cull-Potatoes-to-Dairy-and-Beef-Cattle-10-24-12.pdf |access-date=June 4, 2024 |website=University of Wisconsin Extension}}</ref> 

[[Potato starch]] is used in the food industry as a thickener and binder for soups and sauces, in the textile industry as an adhesive, and in the paper industry for the manufacturing of papers and boards.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Grant M. Campbell |author2=Colin Webb |author3=Stephen L. McKee |title=Cereals: Novel Uses and Processes |year=1997 |publisher=Springer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4o7lUKSxyQC&pg=PA22 |isbn=978-0-306-45583-4 |page=22}}</ref><ref name="jai">{{cite book |title=Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest |author1=Jai Gopal |author2=S.M. Paul Khurana |year=2006 |publisher=[[Haworth Press]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxy8pkP26NEC&pg=PA544 |isbn=978-1-56022-272-9 |page=544}}</ref>

Potatoes are commonly used in plant research. The consistent [[parenchyma]] tissue, the clonal nature of the plant and the low metabolic activity make it an ideal [[model organism |model tissue]] for experiments on wound-response studies and electron transport.<ref name="Espinoza Estrada Silva-Rodriguez Tovar 1986">{{cite journal | last1=Espinoza | first1=N. O. | last2=Estrada | first2=R. | last3=Silva-Rodriguez | first3=D. | last4=Tovar | first4=P. | last5=Lizarraga | first5=R. | last6=Dodds | first6=J. H. | title=The Potato: A Model Crop Plant for Tissue Culture | journal=Outlook on Agriculture | volume=15 | issue=1 | date=1986 | issn=0030-7270 | doi=10.1177/003072708601500104 | pages=21–26| bibcode=1986OutAg..15...21E }}</ref>