section_path: Uses/Other uses
section_name: Other uses
paragraph_text: Other uses
  
  Potatoes are sometimes used to brew alcoholic spirits such as vodka, poitín, akvavit, and brännvin.
  
  Potatoes are used as fodder for livestock. They may be made into silage which can be stored for some months before use.
  
  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.
  
  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 tissue for experiments on wound-response studies and electron transport.