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Seed potatoes the size of a pea
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Seed potatoes the size of a pea
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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African countries, which are producing increasing amounts of potatoes and therefore need to import significant quantities of seed each year, will be interested in potato , the size of a pea. These microtubers measure 4-12 mm and weigh less than a gram so they are not nearly so bulky as conventional seed potatoes and are much cheaper to transport. A pack of 7-10 kg contains the 10 000 seed tubers necessary to plant one hectare. These new microtubers have been created in the laboratory by removing the (growing points) from normal seed potatoes and growing them in test-tiubes filled with a nutritive medium. Tiny plantlets form and, by reducing duration of illumination and manipulating the culture medium, microtubers can be induced and be ready for harvesting a few weeks later. They can be stored like conventional seed potatoes. Other advantages of microtubers are that they can be grown from disease-free parents and they can be produced all the year round. For more details, contact: PHYTOTEC - Chaussee romaine 77 - B-5800 Gembloux - BELGIUM African countries, which are producing increasing amounts of potatoes and therefore need to import significant quantities of seed each year, will be interested in potato , the size of a pea. These microtubers measure 4-12 mm and weigh... |
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1989
2014-10-08T13:15:50Z 2014-10-08T13:15:50Z |
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News Item
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CTA. 1989. Seed potatoes the size of a pea. Spore 19. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45008 |
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en
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Spore
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Open Access
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Spore
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