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On-farm Development of Potato Production from True Seed in Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

N. Gunadi ,
M. J. Potts ,
R. Sinung-Basuki  and
Greta A. Watson
N. Gunadi
Affiliation:
Lembang Horticultural Research InstitutePO Box 1586, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
M. J. Potts
Affiliation:
The International Potato Centre, PO Box 1586, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
R. Sinung-Basuki
Affiliation:
Lembang Horticultural Research InstitutePO Box 1586, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Greta A. Watson
Affiliation:
The International Potato Centre, PO Box 1586, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
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Summary

Three seasons of on-farm experimentation to develop potato production from botanical or true potato seed (TPS) under cool fertile conditions in West Java, Indonesia, are described. Twenty-three farmers experimented with two production systems: use of transplants, and use of seedling tubers produced in nursery beds. There was little yield difference between the systems, but an apparent progeny × system × season interaction was observed. All progenies were more resistant to late blight than the present cultivars grown from tubers. Appropriate matching of progeny and system gave seed of comparable quality with, but total yields slightly less than, certified imported seed of cv. Granola. Ware quality was slightly better than that of cv. Granola. Production costs were markedly less than for a tuber crop, making TPS ideal for small, resource-poor farmers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 31 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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