Abstract
Inability to produce large quantities of high quality, relatively diseasefree potato seed is a major constraint to providing economic support to a highly important and rapidly expanding potato production industry in Pakistan. Studies were undertaken for 5 years to evaluate productivity of seed of cultivars Red Bad, Ajax, Atica, Patrones, Montana, Cosima, Desiree, and Cardinal grown at five environmentally diverse locations in Pakistan versus seed of the same cultivars imported from Europe. The productivity trials were conducted during the autumn and spring seasons at the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad (Punjab Plains). The results from the 5-year test period indicate that seed of each of the cultivars produced in the high hills (Baluchistan, Northwest Frontier Province) and during autumn (September to December) in the Punjab Plains, the latter cold stored until the following September, are equally as productive as seed imported from Europe.
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La incapacidad de producir grandes cantidades de semilla de papa de alta calidad, relativamente libre de enfermedades es una de las mayores limitaciones para proporcionar apoyo económico a la productión industrial de papa en Paquistán, que es de gran importancia y está en rápida expansión. Se realizaron estudios durante 5 años para evaluar la productividad de la semilla de los cultivares Red Bad, Ajax, Atica, Patrones, Montana, Cosima, Desiree y Cardinal cultivados en localidades con cinco medio ambientes distintos en Pakistán, frente a semilla de los mismos cultivares importados de Europa. Los ensayos de productividad fueron conducidos durante las temporadas de otoño y primavera en el Instituto de Investigación Agricola Ayub, Faisalabad (Llanuras de Punjab). Los resultados del periodo de 5 años indican que semilla de cada uno de los cultivares producidos en las montañas (Baluchistan, Provincia Fronteriza del Noroeste) y durante el otoño (Setiembre a Diciembre) en las Llanuras Punjab, la última almacenada en frío hasta Setiembre siguiente, son igualmente productivas a la semilla importada de Europa.
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Chaudhry, A.H., Shah, S.M.A., Hussain, K.I. et al. Evaluation of potato seed tubers from different sources in the Punjab plain of Pakistan. American Potato Journal 61, 703–709 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852934
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852934