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Potato microtuber production and performance: A review

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Abstract

Almost half a century has passed sincein vitro tubers (microtubers) were first described in potato, but their adoption as a seed propagule has been uneven globally. Consensus is lacking regarding optimal production practices for microtubers and their relative productivity in relation to other propagules for minituber production. There is significant uncertainty regarding the utility of microtubers for evaluation of agronomic characters. However, the application of microtubers in germplasm conservation is widely accepted. Microtubers are producedin vitro in a plethora of different growing systems with varying environment, media constituents, and storage intervals. Many of the interactions between growth parametersin vitro and subsequent productivity appear to be genotype-specific. Accordingly, microtubers come in different sizes, have different dormancy requirements, and differ widely in relative growth potential and productivity. Despite these differences, there is evidence for strong analogies in growth responses between fieldgrown tubers and microtubers. The use of microtuber technology in seed tuber production, breeding programs, germplasm conservation, and research appears to have enormous potential. This review discusses microtuber production, yield and performance,in vitro screening, and germplasm storage and exchange.

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Casi medio siglo ha transcurrido desde que los tubérculosin vitro (microtubérculos) fueran descritos en papa por primera vez, pero su adopción como propágulos semilias ha sido irregular a nivel mundial. Falta consenso con respecto a las prácticas optimas de producción de microtubérculos y su relativa productividad en relación con otros propágulos para la producción de minitubérculos. Existen dudas significativas en relación con la utilidad de los microtubérculos para la evaluación de caracteres agronómicos. Sin embargo, el uso de microtubérculos para la conservación del germoplasma está ampliamente aceptado. Los microtubérculos son producidosin vitro en una infmidad de sistemas de crecimiento con medio ambiente variado, diferentes constituyentes de los medios de cultivo e intervalos de almacenamiento variados. Muchas de las interacciones entre los parámetros de crecimientoin vitro y la subsiguiente productividad parece ser específica para el genotipo. En consecuencia, los tubérculos vienen en diferentes tamaños, tienen diferentes requerimientos de latencia y se diferencian ampliamente en lo que respecta al potential de crecimiento relativo y a la productividad. A pesar de estas diferencias, existe evidencia de fuertes analogías en hi respuesta de crecimiento entre los tubérculos obtenidos en el campo y los microtubérculos. El empleo de la tecnología de microtubérculos en la producción de semilla, programas de mejoramiento, conservación del germoplasma e investigación parece tener un potential enorme. Esta revisión analiza la producción de microtubérculos, rendimiento y comportamiento, tamizadoin vitro y almacenamiento e intercambio de germoplasma.

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Abbreviations

ASA:

acetylsalicylic acid

BAP:

6-benzylaminopurine

CCC:

(2-chloroethyl) trimethylammonium chloride

d/n:

day/night cycle

FW:

fresh weight

GA:

gibberellic acid

2-iP:

N-isopentenylaminopurine

Kn:

6-furfurylaminopurine

TET:

tetcyclasis

MS:

Murashige and Skoog basal salt medium

NAA:

naphthalene acetic acid

PAR:

photosynthetically active radiation

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