1Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj, Post Box No. 7, Kota -324 001, Rajasthan, India
2Rani Durgavati Vishwvidyalaya, Saraswati Vihar, Pachpdi, Jabalpur -482 001, MP, India
In a two year study conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Kota a hot spot for potato stem necrosis disease, the observations on incidence and index of disease confirmed resistance in cultivars Kufri Anand, Kufri Sindhuri, JN-189, JW-96, JX-214, JN-1530, OP-1 and PS/F-220 and hybrid TPS population HPS 25/13 as compared to susceptible control variety Kufri Bahar. The study indicated that these cultivars/hybrids along with the parents of TPS population HPS 25/13 can be utilized in breeding potato varieties resistant to stem necrosis disease of potato.
