But wild potatoes are described in most guidebooks (including McCandless's) as a non-toxic plant. So Krakauer's "toxic alkaloid" theory was ridiculed. Krakauer sent some seeds to a professor ...

Project gardener Charles Fernandez demonstrates pollination techniques used to propagate seed of wild potatoes maintained at the U.S. Potato Genebank in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...