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

Selection of heat tolerant potato genotypes and their performance under heat stress

  • Author:
  • JS Minhas1, Devendra Kumar2, TA Joseph, KS Krishna Prasad3, Brajesh Singh1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 132 to 134

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

2Central Potato Research Institute Campus, Modipuram, 250 110, (UP).

3Central Potato Research Station, Ootacamund, The Nilgiris, 643 004, (Tamil Nadu).

Abstract

In India potato is grown in North-western plains during winter and in Northern hills during summer. Vast areas in southern India are unsuitable for potato cultivation due to prevailing higher temperatures. To extend potato cultivation to these non-traditional areas/seasons, research work was started in CPRI to develop heat tolerant genotypes and understand physiology of heat tolerance in potato. This paper summarizes the work done in the Institute on heat tolerance in potato.