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Potato
Booklet No. 99
Vegetable Production: VPS - 8
Contents
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Soil
III. Climate
IV. Varieties
V. Seed and Sowing
VI. Manures and Fertilizers
VII. Water Management
VIII. Earthing
IX. Weed Control
X. Crop Rotation
XI. Potato in Different Cropping Systems
XII. Insect Pests and Diseases
XIII. Seed Production
XIV. Harvesting and Yield
XV. Grading, Marketing and Storage
XVI. Uses and Composition
XVII. Economics of Cultivation
Preface
Cultivation of potato has assumed a great significance in Indian agriculture because of its handsome contribution to the national economy. Besides, potato is a short duration crop which fits well in high intensity cropping system, thus, ensuring a higher income to the farmers and increased resource (land, labour, etc.) utilization. This booklet describes potato cultivation in detail.
Dr. K. T. Chandy, Agricultural & Environment Education
I. Introduction
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is one of the most important food crops of the world. Potato is a crop which has always been the poor man's friend-. Potato is being cultivated in India for last more than 300 years. For vegetable purpose, it has become one of the most popular crop in the country.
Potato is the most useful and important member of the family Solanaceae and it belongs to the genus Solanum. Genus Solanum consists of 7 cultivated and about 154 wild species but the commercially viable potato has only two species: Solanum andigenum and S. tuberosum. The latter is the most commonly cultivated species. The edible portion of potato is its tuber which is morphologically an underground stem.
The probable centre of origin of potato is in South America in the Central Andean region. These are evidence that potatoes were cultivated for centuries by South American Indians and tubers were used as common article of the food. Potato plants were brought into continental...