The Type of Seeds Did Not Alter The Quality of Potato Tuber in Four Processing Potato Varieties

Abstract

Apical rooted cutting is a method to produce potato tuber seeds. This method used in potato tubers production as well. The experiment was conducted to evaluate the differences of potato tuber processing properties between those produced using tuber seeds and apical rooted cuttings in four processing potato varieties. Four main processing characteristics were analysed in the laboratory, were starch content, reducing sugar content, total soluble solid content, and specific gravity. As the result, four processing properties of potato tubers produced from cuttings were similar to those from tuber seeds. Whereas the differences between varieties occurred only in starch content and TSS content. This indicated that raw materials in the potato chips industry can be met by Medians, Spudy, as well Papita, not only Atlantik M. Therefore, apical rooted cuttings can be used as potato seeds in addition to tuber seeds in potato tuber production.

The utilization of apical rooted cuttings for the seed production of potato varieties for processing

“…From the results above, it is seen that the use of apical rooted cuttings as a transplant material in potato seed production is promising. Moreover, from previous study it is known that using apical rooted cuttings did not change the tuber quality properties as required in potato industry [13]. This has implications for the sustainability of the production of potato processing varieties, as well as the domestic potato-based industry while reducing dependence on imports of the raw materials.…”

Various Modified Treatments on Improving G0 Seed Multiplication in Potato

“…Conventional propagation of G0 potato seeds from plantlets in Indonesia produces 3-5 tubers [1,2]. Thus, it takes a lot of cuttings to meet the needs of the national potato seed which has implications for the current inefficient national seed production [3][4][5]. Whereas on the other side, the G0 production business requires quite an expensive investment, a long business cycle, and special skills and expertise [4,6].…”