Potato Journal
  • Year: 2001
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 1

Evaluation of potato germplasm for characters important in true potato seed production

  • Author:
  • Jai Gopal1, Vinod Kumar2, SS Thakur1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 11 to 12

1Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, 171 001, (HP).

2Central Potato Research Station, Kufri, 171 012, (HP).

Abstract

Thirty-one early bulking tuberosum accessions as females and 8 accessions as males were evaluated for their suitability in TPS production at CPRS, Kufri (HP). On the basis of % pollination success, number of seeds/berry, number of seeds/flower pollinated, average berry wt. and 100 seed wt., 6 female and 3 male parents have been identified for utilisation in TPS programme.