Potato TNAU

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I want to know the seasons and the soil for Potato cultivation in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) so can you tell me?

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I am telling you the seasons and the soil for Potato cultivation in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU).

TNAU Potato Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae

Varieties

Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Muthu, Kufri Swarna, Kufri Thangam, Kufri Malar, Kufri Soga and Kufri Giriraj are commonly cultivated.

Soil

The soil should be friable, porous and well drained. The optimum soil pH range is 4.8 to 5.4. It prefers a cool weather. Potato is mostly grown as a rainfed crop in regions receiving a rainfall of 1200 2000 mm per annum.

Season

Hills
Summer : March April
Autumn : August September
Irrigated : January February

Plains

Planting is done during October November in plains.

Seed rate

About 3000 3500 kg/ha of seeds is required.

Seed treatment

Use Carbon disulphide 30 g/100 kg of seeds for breaking the dormancy and inducing sprouting of tubers.

True potato seed

The cost of seed tubers and spread of virus disease can be greatly minimized by using true potato seeds. The hybrids developed by Central Potato Research Institute viz., HPS 1/13, HPS 11/13 and HPS 24/111 are suitable for true potato seed production. The seeds are raised in nursery beds like other vegetables and seedlings are transplanted 30 days after sowing. For raising one hectare of crop, a quantity of 100 g seed is required.

Contact-

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
TNAU - RI Block, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, PN Pudur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003
0422 661 1200