Potato and Tuber Crops

Propagation

• It is often propagated vegetatively and rarely through seeds.
• Propagated by vine cuttings.
• Freshly harvested matured vines should be used.
• Vines of one crop are used for planting the next crop.
• For seed propagation scarification is required due to hard seed coat.
• Plant from seeds are poorly grown with low tuber yield.