Evaluation and selection of true potato (Solanum tuberosum) seed families in North-Central plains of India

S K LUTHRA; NEERAJ SHARMA; V K GUPTA; S V SINGH; VINOD KUMAR; B P SINGH; M BONIERBALE; M S KADIAN

doi:10.56093/ijas.v87i10.75057

Authors

S K LUTHRA
NEERAJ SHARMA
V K GUPTA
S V SINGH
VINOD KUMAR
B P SINGH
M BONIERBALE
M S KADIAN

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v87i10.75057

Keywords:

Adaptation, Bi-parental crosses, Clonal selection, Segregating population, Tuber yield components

Abstract

Segregating progenies from 19 crosses of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) developed at the International Potato Center (CIP), Peru were tested during 2008-2013 for adaptation and yield attributes in the sub-tropical plains of India i.e. Modipuram, Uttar Pradesh. The progenitors of the crosses showed early foliage maturity, tolerance to biotic stresses and processing attributes. In initial clonal generations, selection was based on desirable tuber attributes and tuber yield components. Clones showing viral symptoms, producing long stolons, irregular tuber shape, russetting, cracking or deep eyes were eliminated. From the initial population of 17,300 true seeds, 13 advanced clones of five
crosses were subjected to evaluation in replicated trials and nine better performing clones were selected. Critical evaluation of these nine clones resulted in the identification of five promising clones (305069.701, 305111.701, 305138.702, 397186.703 and 397186.704) with high tuber yield (43 to 50 t/ha) and desirable tuber attributes. These advanced clones hold promise of becoming new potato cultivars and may be used in breeding programmes aiming at high productivity in the region for improving the livelihood of farmers.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

S K LUTHRA

Principal Scientist, Central Potato Research Institute Campus, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 110
NEERAJ SHARMA

Scientist, Bioversity International, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012
V K GUPTA

Principal Scientist,Â Central Potato Research Institute Campus, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 110
S V SINGH

Retired Principal Scientist, Central Potato Research Institute Campus, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 110
VINOD KUMAR

Principal Scientist, CPRS, Kufri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171012;
B P SINGH

Retired Director, CPRI, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171001;
M BONIERBALE

Science Leader-Global Programâ€“Genetics and Crop Improvement, International Potato Center, Avenida La Molina 1895, La Molina Apartado Postal, Lima, Peru
1558;
M S KADIAN

Lowland Potato Leader, International Potato Center, SWC, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012.

References

Dua V K, Singh B P, Govindakrishnan P M, Kumar S and Lal S S. 2013. Impact of climate change on potato productivity in Punjab-a simulation study. Current Science 105(6): 787–94.

Gomez K A and Gomez A A. 1984. Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research, 680 p. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Gopal J, Gaur P C and Rana M S. 1992. Early generation selection for agronomic characters in a potato breeding programme. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 84: 709–13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00224173

Gopal J, Gaur P C and Rana M S. 1994. Heritability, and intra-and inter-generation associations between tuber yield and its components in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Plant Breeding 112: 80–3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.1994.tb01280.x

Gopal J and Khurana S M P. 2006. Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management, 606 p. CRC Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429246623

Love S L, Werner B K and Pavek J J. 1997. Selection for individual traits in the early generations of a potato breeding program dedicated to producing cultivars with tubers having long shape and russet skin. American Potato Journal 74: 199–213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02851598

Luthra S K, Gopal J and Pandey S K. 2003. Selection of superior parents and crosses in potato for developing cultivars suitable for early planting in UP. Journal of Indian Potato Association 30(1-2): 1–2.

Luthra S K, Malik K, Gupta V K and Singh B P. 2013. Evaluation of potato genotypes under high temperature stress conditions. Crop Improvement 40(1): 74-80.

Luthra S K, Pandey S K, Singh B P, Kang G S, Singh S V and Pande P C. 2006. Potato Breeding in India, 90 p. Technical Bulletin 74, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla.

Neele A E F, Barten J H M and Louwes K M. 1988. Effects of plot size and selection intensity on efficiency of selection in the first clonal generation of potato. Euphytica 39: 27–35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043364

Ortiz R. 1998. Potato breeding via ploidy manipulations. Plant Breeding Reviews 16: 15–86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470650110.ch2

Pushkarnath. 1976. Potato in Subtropics, 289 p. Orient Longman, New Delhi.

Rhoades R E. 1982. The incredible potato. National Geographic May: 668–94.

Shanner G and Finney R E. 1977. The effect of nitrogen fertilization on the expression of slow mildewing resistance in Knox wheat. Phytopathology 67: 1057–66.

Visser R G F, Bachem C W B, de Boer J M, Bryan G J, Chakrabati S K, Feingold S, Gromadka R, van Ham R C H J, Huang S W, Jacobs J M E, Kuznetzov B, de Melo P E, Milbourne D, Orjeda G, Sagredo B and Tang X M. 2009. Sequencing the potato genome: Outline and first results to come from the elucidation of the sequence of the world’s third most important food crop. American Journal of Potato Research 86: 417–29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-009-9097-8

Wenzel G, Bapat V A and Uhrig H. 1983. New strategy to tackle breeding problems of potato. (In) Plant Cell Culture in Crop Improvement, pp. 337-49. Sen S K and Giles K L (Eds). Plenum Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4379-0_32