EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MINITUBER SIZE AND PLANTING NUMBER ON THE MINITUBERS YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF BASCIFTLIK BEYAZI LOCAL GENOTYPE

Authors : Yasin Bedrettin Karan, Gungor Yilmaz

Pages : 64-69

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Publication Date : 2016-08-08

Article Type : Other

Abstract :This study was conducted during 2013 – 2014 under net greenhouse conditions in the Turkey-Tokat-Artova. Minitubers of a local genotype, Basciftlik Beyazi, were produced at The Potato Research Institute, Nigde-Turkey. Three different sized minitubers were planted into pots in different planting units. Tubers were harvested at the end of October. The three different size minitubers were planted into pots in different concentrations with three replications. The large size had one minituber per pot (Unit 1). The medium sized had three different layouts, one minituber per pot, two minitubers per pot, and three minitubers per pot (Units 2-4). The small-sized minitubers also had three different layouts, two minitubers per pot, three minitubers per pot, and four minitubers per pot (Units 5-7).   The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different planting units on tubers yield of Basciftlik Beyazi genotype. The highest tuber number produced from was in Unit 6 (49.68) in 2013. In 2014, Unit 1 (42.84) produced the highest number of tubers. Mean comparison among number of tubers indicated that unit 6 and 7 had higher tuber numbers than other planting units. The highest tuber yield per pot was from Unit 7 (2160.0 g; 1921.04 g) in both years. Also, in the second year of this study, results showed that the highest tuber yield per pot occurred in Unit 7 and Unit 1. The best average tuber yield per pot (2040.52 g) for both years was in Unit 7. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different planting units on tubers yield of Basciftlik Beyazi genotype.
Keywords : Potato, minituber, seed potato production.