TY  - CHAP
AU  - Peter VanderZaag
AU  - Tung Xuan Pham
AU  - Victoria Escobar Demonteverde
AU  - Cynthia Kiswa
AU  - Monica Parker
AU  - Shadrack Nyawade
AU  - Pieter Wauters
AU  - Alex Barekye
ED  - Mustafa Yildiz
ED  - Yasin Ozgen
Y1  - 2021-06-25
PY  - 2021
T1  - Apical Rooted Cuttings Revolutionize Seed Potato Production by Smallholder Farmers in the Tropics
N2  - Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.) is the fourth-largest food crop produced in the world with approximately 370 million tonnes. This product is a staple in many diets throughout the world and the underground swollen tubers of the plant are rich sources of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals (K, Mn, Mg, Fe, Cu and P), and vitamins (C, B1, B3, B6, K, folate, pantothenic acid). Improvement of new potato cultivars resistant to biotic and abiotic factors is extremely important, as these are the main reasons for decreased potato production. Seed tuber production and tuber storage under healthy conditions after harvest are two important issues in potato cultivation. As such, this book discusses the importance of the potato plant and examines ways to increase its production and develop new cultivars resistant to stress factors via conventional and biotechnological methods.
BT  - Solanum tuberosum
SP  - Ch. 16
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98729
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.98729
SN  - 978-1-83969-167-6
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-18
ER  -