Potato is an important food crop, and adapts to cool and wet environments. However, drought seriously affects its quality and yield. In this research, three potato cultivars were treated with PEG-6000 to simulate drought stress. The extent and pattern of cytosine methylation of the genomes were assessed by using the technique of methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP). It was found that treated with 20% PEG-6000, DNA methylation of'Altantic' was increased, while that of DNA methylation of 'Zhongshu 3' and 'Zhongshu 5' decrea...