An aeroponic seed potato production technology project has been established in Pakistan through the Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) between RDA-KOPIA and PARC. For sustainable potato production, producing high-quality and disease-free potato seeds is critical in Pakistan. The majority of the farmers recycle their own seeds or obtain them through informal ways. Consequently, tuber-borne illnesses proliferate, seeds deteriorate, and yield diminishes. To mitigate such problems, the country moved to sustainable seed potato production by adopting rapid seed multiplication strategies like the combination of tissue culturing with aeroponic seed production technology which is being evaluated as an alternative to traditional pre-basic seed production methods. A series of experiments were carried out to evaluate the shoot development and mini tuber production attributes between two cultivars, different plantlet size and planting period between October 27, 2021, and January 27, 2022, at the NARC aeroponic facility. A CRD design with three replications was used. The study aimed to compare the productivity by variety, plantlet size and planting period to improve aeroponic seed production technology in Pakistan. The results indicated that Lady Rosetta outperformed Asterix in terms of shoot growth and small tuber output. Early planting at an optimal temperature of 27 degrees Celsius in the daytime showed a substantial difference when compared to late planting in November and tuberization was commenced 50-55 days after transplantation. Furthermore, in an aeroponic seed potato production system, normal plantlets (8-10 cm) at the time of transplantation, performed better than medium and small plantlets. In a nutshell, it was determined that normal size plantlets (8-10 cm) of Lady Rosetta cultivar, planted at optimum time to plant showed best results in the aeroponic system at NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Potato is an important cash crop of Pakistan and widely cultivated in plains and mountains of Punjab. Khyber Pakhtun Khawa Gilgit Baltistan, on an area of 0.313 million hectares in summer, autumn and spring with an annual production of 07.9 million tons. In Pakistan potato yield is 25.2 tons per hectare, which is although above the world average but comparatively low as compare to the potential and other advance potato growing countries because of several reasons. Availability of healthy seeds and advance production technology are the major constraints to achieve the higher potato production goals. It is very alarming that in spite of good position in potato growing countries, we are unable to produce good quality seed. In Pakistan >01% quality seed is available against the seed demand around 0.5-0.7 million tons per annum and mostly depend upon the imported seed 15000-20000 tons per annum. Tissue culture industry has been a proven global technology in potato seed production, so it is dire need of the growing population and climatic change to adopt these modern technologies of potato production for sustainable and higher production and income to contribute potato growing farmers of Pakistan. It is possible with the commercial use of tissue culture and allied techniques as aeroponic potato seed production along with good management and plant protection measures to provide indigenous high vigor and high yield potential potato seed. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council has established Aeroponic Potato Seed Production facility at National Agricultural Research Center with the collaboration of Korean Govt RDA-KOPIA Pakistan. The Aeroponics is a modern technology for growing plants by providing a nutrient solution in the air without soil. Plants grow rapidly in the growth chamber under the aseptic environment, balanced nutrition and sufficient oxygen availability that improves potatoes production in the aeroponic system. This can produce 10 times more yield than conventional production systems. Aeroponics techniques are credited for making potato yield more efficient, and can reduce the number of steps in the potato seed multiplication. Through tissue culture and aeroponics facilities development in Pakistan, first ever more than 200,000 nucleus mini harvested at NARC from the autumn 2021 and spring 2022 planation at KOPIA screen houses. Further seed multiplication from the harvest is under progress at up hills and more than 500,000 tubers (G1) are expected to be harvested during October-November 2022. It is very encouraging, impressive and successful venture of KOPIA at Pakistan for the potato seed production and self-sufficiency to insure food security in the country.

남부지역에서 고구마 바이러스 무병묘의 정식시기 및 재배 기간에 따른 괴근 수량 및 씨고구마 생산량을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 바이러스 무병묘 정식시기에 따라 씨고구마로 사용하기에 알맞은 100~300 g 크기의 괴근 생산량은 6월 중순 정식 재배에서 ‘신율미’ 2,364 kg/10a, ‘풍원미’ 2,625 kg/10a 수준이었다. 2. 바이러스 무병묘를 7월 상순에 정식하여 재배하여도 씨고구마로 사용하기에 알맞은 100~300 g 크기의 괴근 수량은 ‘신율미’ 2,043, ‘진홍미’ 1,799, ‘다호미’ 1,390, ‘풍원미’ 1,985 kg/10a 정도가 생산되었다. 3. 고구마 바이러스 무병묘 정식 후 110일, 120일, 그리고 130 일 재배 시 씨고구마 수량은 ‘풍원미’ 1,605, 1,907, 1,834 kg/ 10a, ‘호감미’ 1,816, 1,771, 2,137 kg/10a 수준으로 생산되었다. 4. 수확 전 채취한 고구마 잎에서 SPLCV, SPFMV, SPVG, SPLV 등 4종 바이러스 이병 정도를 검정한 결과 정식시기, 재배기간 등 품종에 따라 약간 차이는 있으나 낮게 검출되어 다음해 씨고구마 종자로 문제가 없다고 판단하였다. 5. 바이러스 무병묘 대량 증식에는 시설과 노력이 많이 소요되고 증식량이 적어 면적 확대에 어려움이 있기 때문에 무병씨고구마를 생산하면 면적 확대에 유리하다. 무병묘가 소량 일 경우는 계속 증식하면서 7월 상순까지 본밭에 정식하여도 씨고구마 생산이 가능하였다. 금후에는 무병묘로 생산한 연차 간 씨고구마에 대해 품종별 수량과 품질 평가 후 씨고구마의 적정 갱신 주기를 설정하고자 한다.

Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) can be transmitted permanently to potato plants by only several species of aphids. Myzuz persicae (Sulzer) is well-known to having the highest transmitting capability of PLRV. In order to investigate the PLRV transmission of aphids migrated to highland area in 2018, aphids caught in the yellow water-pan trap were inoculated on the young leaf of indicator plant, Physalis floridana, and inspected by visually and ELISA after 2~4 weeks. As a result, 2.8% of the totally migrated aphids showed virus infected symptom on the indicator plant. PLRV transmission rate of M. persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae was 15.4% and 9.1%, respectively. Also, seven aphids out of 265 unidentified aphids showed PLRV symptom in the leaves. PLRV-borne aphids started to fly into the fields from late May, and the virus infection rate was highest of 10.4% in mid-June. M. persicae caught in mid-June showed higher infection rate of 46.7%, but unidentified aphid of 8.3%. Compared with past years, PLRV transmission rate in 2018 has slightly dropped.

The world’s climate is changing. This can affect agricultural insects and the damage they cause by altering their ecology, behavior and habitats. Aphids are emerging as an indicator of climate change, and they are a good model for understanding these environmental changes, especially based on their migratory behavior. In this study, the occurrence of aphids in a seed potato field in Pyeongchang, Korea, was monitored daily using a yellow water pan trap from 1977 to 2017. During these 40 years, the annual migration fluctuations of the aphids were analyzed, with particular focus on four species known to vector potato viruses, Aphis gossypii, Aulacorthum solani, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, and Myzus persicae. It was found that, as time goes by, the start point of spring migration in these aphid species was getting earlier while the peak in autumn migration gradually moved to the winter season. Together with a mean annual temperature increase of 1.03 °C in Pyeongchang over the past four decades, there is a potential threat of expansion in the distribution of aphid species. that this temperature change could influence the aphid’s population changes in the Korean peninsula.

The world’s climate is changing. Aphids are emerging as lookouts of climate change and they are a good model to understand these environmental changes especially through migratory behavior. We monitored of the occurrence of aphid in same place (Pyeongchang) of seed potato field since 1977 in Korea. Dates of the start of spring migration of these aphids’ species were getting earlier. And, the pick of autumn migration were gradually move to winter season. Moreover, annual total numbers of collected aphids were also dramatically increased during 40 years. There is potential threats of distribution expansion of aphid species in Korea where is the hot spot of climate change with average temperature over 1.7 °C increase for 4 decades. Therefore we hypothesized that aphids’ migration pattern could be associated with temperature

This research project provides the opportunity of foundation for Ministry of Agriculture y Ganaderia (MAG), University of El Savador (UES), and Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA) and potato farmers of El Salvador to implement to achieve the project goal of poverty alleviation, nutrition improvement, and income increase of farmers through the establishment of sustainable self dependent national infrastructure for seed potato production and supply system and organized network of production of farmers. Kangwon National University has been designated by KOICA to implement the APP Track-II Project from April, 2015 to March, 2016. The support activities and research result include 'virus-free seed potato production facilities and laboratory equipment' provided to UES and CENTA, 'technology transfer of virus free seed potato production' such as making substrate, tissue culture, pathology test, subculture, mini tuber production, and some joint research result achievement, and various technological training conducted for participating researchers and local potato farmers for the virus-free seed potato production, table potato and seed potato cultivation technology, and the standard farming technology as well.

전북지방의 씨감자 생산적지를 선정하기 위한 기초자료로서 고랭지대인 전북 무주군 무풍면 상오정 1대(700-800m)와 평야지인 전주에서 대관령 고랭지 시험장산 원종 남작(Solanum tuberosum Var. Irish Cobbler, Shimabara)과 무주산 재래종 씨감자(품종미상)를 재배하면서 씨감자의 바이러스 이병율 및 재배기간중의 지역별 감염율등을 혈청학적으로 검정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 우리나라에서 현재 유통되고 있는 씨감자의 감자 바이러스 혼합감염율은 이며 바이러스별로는 Potato virus Y(PVY)< Potato Virus(PVX)로서 PVX가 가장 높은 이병율을 나타내고 있었다. 2. 감자바이러스의 1년차 감염율은 무주지방이 , 전주지방이 로서 무주지방이 낮고 특히 곤충매개가 심한 PVY의 감염율은 밖에 안되어 이는 씨감자 생산지로서 적합함을 인정할 수 있었다. 3. 씨감자 자체의 바이러스 이병율은 대관령산이 , 무주 재래종이 로서 대관령산과 비슷하였고 작황은 대관령 산이 좋았다.

This study attempted to examine the profitability and marketing costs of seed potato under contract farming system of BADC (Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation) with the help of primary and secondary data. Total 45 contract farmers were randomly selected. Attempts were made to calculate costs, returns and profitability of seed potato production under contract farming system, and to identify marketing channels of seed potato. The field level data were collected by a farm survey during the months of April 2005 through direct interviews with contract farmers and registered dealers using a structure survey questionnaire. The results showed that the gross return per hectare was Tk. 252,464 for all categories of farms. Cost of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation and human labor were critical inputs for profitability of seed potato. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis was used to determine the effects of the key variables to seed potato production under contract farming system. The elasticity of seed potato production was at 0.727 for all categories of farms. The findings exhibited that the summation of elasticity of different inputs for seed potato production was less than one, implying that the production function exhibited decreasing returns to scale. Registered dealers and Upazila Sales Centers were involved in seed potato marketing formed a straightforward marketing channel. The total marketing costs of registered dealers were Tk. 759.49 per ton of seed potato. The net marketing margin of registered dealers was estimated at Tk. 465.51 per ton of seed potato. The selected contract farmers and registered dealers faced a number of problems and some of recommendations were suggested.

양액재배산 소괴경의 절단 재배 가능성을 검토하고자 2001년 분무경 양액재배산 괴경을 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13g의 절편이 되도록 1(전서), 2, 3, 4개로 절단하여 플러그묘판에서 출아시켜 이식재배한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 파종 후 35일에 출현율은 절편크기가 7-13g에서 83.0-85.4%, 3, 4절단서 재식구에서 84.0-86.6%로 높았다. 2. 10a당 총서 및 종서규격서 수량은 절편크기가 3g에서 9g으로 증가됨에 따라 10a당 총서수량은 각각 2,052kg과 1,589kg에서 2,924kg과 2,428kg으로 크게 증가되었으나 그 이상 절편의 무게가 증가되었을 때에는 괴경수량의 증가는 크지 않았다. 3. 10a당 총서수량은 전서 재식구에서 1,918kg이었던 것이 3절 절단서 재식구에서 2,982kg로 증가되었고 종서규격서 수량도 전서 재식구에서 1,422kg/10a이었던 것이 3절 절단서 재식구에서 2,579kg으로 증가되었으나 3, 4절 절단서 재식구 간에는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 4. 평균서중은 절편크기가 3g에서 13g으로 증가함에 따라 46.3g에서 71.5g으로 증가되었으며, 전서 및 2절 절단서 재식구의 56.5g과 58.0g보다 3, 4절에서 재식구에서 63.6g과 64.9g으로 무거웠다.

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers of 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 g were planted in plug trays with vermiculite-based root medium on 10 August 2000 and grown for 15 days in a glasshouse to determine the effects of mini-tuber size on plug seedling growth and field performance of plug seedlings. For a control, common potato tubers weighing 50 g were also planted. As size of seed tubers planted increased from 10 to 50 g, seedling height decreased from 24.6 to 20.0cm while shoot number per seedling increased from 2.0 to 3.5, main stem diameter from 4.3 to 6.1mm, and fresh weight of root + top from 9.3 to 19.4 g/seedling. At 90 days after transplanting plug seedlings, the total number of tubers per plant increased from 3.62 to 4.72, average tuber weight from 62.9 to 72.8g, and total tuber yield 20.5 to 23.6 t/ha with increase in seed tuber size. Plug seedlings raised from 50g tubers produced 22% more tubers per plant and had 21 % higher＞80g tuber yield than the directly planted potatoes.

우리나라 감자 춘하작물재배의 주장려품종이고 휴면기간이 긴 남작(Irish Cobbler)을 추작할때 효과적인 최아처리법을 구명하기 위하여, 대관령산종서를 고려대학교 농과대학 실험농장에시 춘작 증식하여 추작용종서로 사용하고, 1974 및 '75의 양년도에 걸쳐서 농대구내수음하 설치한 최아상(그림 1)에서 구당 60편의 3반복 난괴법으론 최아시험을 실시하고, 실험농장 포장에서 구당 1.8m2 (15주)의 3반복 난괴법으로 포장재배시험을 실시한 성적을 요약하면 다음과 같으며, 시험기간(1975년)중의 기상개요는 그림 2와 같았다. 1. 최아처리법과 발아(부표 1~7, 그림 3~5) (a) GA(Gibberellin)처리는 발아가 빨라서 7~8일 에 발아하여 최아소요일수가 약 10일이며, 발아가 균일하고, 부패가 적어 건전발아개체비율도 높으나, 편당발아본수가 3~4본으르 많고, 싹이 세장하며 발근이 없었다. (b) Ethrel처리는 발아가 훨씬 GA보다 늦어서 대체로 최아소요일수가 20~25일이며, 발아의 균일성과 부패및 건전발아개체비율에서 GA보다 고간 못하나, 편당발아본수가 1~2본으로 적고 싹이 단태건실하며 발근이 극히 양호하였다. (c) GA와 Ethrel의 혼합처리는 GA처리보다 1~2일 발아가 늦으나 싹은 비교적 건실하며, 그밖의 발아상은 GA처리와 거의 같았다. (d) Ethylene Chlorohydrin처리는 Ethrel처리와 거의 같은 발아상을 보이나 발아에 23~26일이 소요되고, 최아중의 부패도 많았다. (e) 6-Benzyladenine처리는 Ethrel처리처럼 싹이 단태건실하고 편당발아본수도 1~2본으로 적으며, 발근도 보이나 발아에 22~28일이 소요되고. 발아가 균일하지 못하며, 절단하여 처리할 경우에는 부패가 심해질 우려가 컸다. (f) 약제별 최적처리법은 다음과 같이 보였다. GA처리 : 절단서면 1~2ppm, 전형서면 2~5ppm에 60분처리. Ethrel처리 : 절단서면 500ppm, 전형서면 1000~2000ppm에 60분처리. GA와 Ethrel의 혼합처리 : 절단서면 GA 1~2ppm＋Ethrel 250~500ppm, 전형서면 GA 5ppm＋Ethrel 250~500ppm, 60분처리. 2. 처리법과 부패 (a) 18~24시간의 GA처리는 거의 완전한 부패를 초래하였다(표 2) (b) Ethylene Chlorohydrin처리는 심한 부패를 유발하고(표 2), 6-Benzyladenine처리도 많은 부패를 유발하는(부표 7) 경향이 보였다. (c) 처리중에 교반하여 표피가 갈리게 한것은 전량 부패하였다(부표 1) (d) 종서에 칼로 3-4곳에 자상을 내서 GA처리를 한 것은 발아조장의 효과가 없고, 부패를 조장하는 경향이 보였다(부표 1) 3. 상토와 발아(부표 1) (a) 최아상의 상토로써 부식질세토를 사용하였을 경우에는 사상의 경우보다 부패가 없고 발아도 양호 하였다. (b) 사상의 경우에는 세사보다 조사가 양호하였다. 4. 처리시기와 발아 (a) 7월 15일처리에 비하여 8월 24일처리의 경우에 Ethrel의 전형서처리에서는 발아가 4일 빨랐으나, Ethrel 절단서처리 및 GA처리에서는 발아가 거의 빨라지지 않았다(그림 9) (b) 처리시기가 늦어져서 휴면이 경과될수록 발아와 발근이 조장되는 경향이 보였다(부표 8) (c) 최아기간이 매우 고온건조하였던 경우(8월 14일처리)에는 심한 부패를 보였다(그림 10) 5. 처리법 및 정식기와 수량 (a) 정식기를 같게 할 경우의 수량은 Ethrel>GAㆍEthrel 혼합>GA 처리의 순위로서 정식당시의 싹의 건실도 및 발근상태와 깊은 관련이 있어보였다. Ethylene Chlorohydrin처리는 포장결주가 많아서 수량이 적었다(그림 11) (b) 처리기를 같게 하여 정식기가 GA보다 Ethrel 처리가 15일 늦어 질 경우에는 Ethrel이 GA처리보다 감수경향을 보였다(부표 10) (c) 어느 처리에서나 정식기가 빠를수록 증수되는 경향이 보였다(부표 10) (d) GA처리 조식의 경우에는 고간 도장하는 경향이 보였으나, 기타처리 및 GA처리라도 만식의 경우에는 도장이 보이지 않았다(그림 12)

Gibberellin을 Seed Potato에 처리함으로서 seed potato내의 환원당과 비환원당의 소장과 붕아경의 현미경적인 조직의 변화에 대한 몇가지 실험결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) Gibberellin을 처리한 Seed potato에 함유한 환원당은 처리하지 않은 Seed Potato에 비하여 현저히 증가하였으며 그 증가정도는 붕아일수의 경과에 따라 차가 심하였다. 처리농도에 있어서는 10ppm구가 5ppm구 보다 증가하였으나 파종 14일부터는 반대의 경향을 인정할 수 있었다. 2) Gibberellin을 처리한 Seed Potato에 함유한 비환원당의 소장도 환원당과 동일한 경향임을 인정할 수 있었다. 3) 붕아경은 Gibberllin 5ppm 및 10ppm 구 공히 Control에 비하여 신장이 빨랐으며 14일후에는 10ppm 구는 Gibberellin처리에 의한 도장현상으로 약간의 생육장해가 발생하였다. 4) Gibberellin 처리에 의하여 붕아된 붕아경은 종단 및 횡단세포가 현저히 커졌으며 피시부나 중심부가 균등하게 팽대하였고 10ppm구가 더 커졌음을 인정할 수 있었다.

A series of experiment was carried out to study on the production of disease-free seed potatoes at the Alpine Experiment Station from 1960 to 1968, which initiated a study of comparison on degeneration of plain warm region and high altitude products and the effect of latent potato virus X (PVX) and potato leaf roll virus(PLRV) on degeneration. Particular observations were made on some aspect of the nature of potato virus disease and its control such as concentrations of PVX, range of host plants, physical properties such as concentrations of PYX, range of host plants, physical properties and carrying effect of insects, by investigating 9 different areas of the main potato producing regions (Kimhae, Taegu, Choongju, Taejoen, Suwon, Kwangju, Chonju, Cheju and Chinju). Highly purified anti-serum was separated and tested for control of the virus disease and also various method of prevention and control of PLRV were observed, using cultivation of sprouted seed tubers, early harvesting method, and systemic chemicals. The results obtained are summarized as follows; 1. Potato yield in the plain region decreased by 32.8~66.3% in the first year cultivation of seed potatoes from colder region, and the rate of virus infection was 92.9 to 95.4%. 2. Plants of three families including, 20 species were susceptible to the PVX, and among the plants Salvia officinalis of a habits only was the carrier while the symptom of Digitalis purpurea of Screphulariaceae was masked. Necrosis and ring spot was occurred in most pJants of the Solanaceae and ring spot symptom also was observed in Nicotiana tabacum L. var. White Burley and in N. glutinosa. 3. The 8C2 strain of virus had the following physical properties; thermal inactivation point, 68-72~circC : dilution inactivation point, above 1, 000, 000 dilution: ageing in vitro, 240-360 days: and ageing in dry plant tissue, 30 days. 4. Myzus persicae and Oxya spp. did not transmit the 8C2 strain of potato virus. 5. Virus was purified through the ammonium sulphate isolating method, and higher titer value, 1/2048 was obtained through anti-serum test. 6. Inhibition Chenopodiacae on the virus infection of potato was remarkable, and inhibition of local lesion host also was observed. 7, By earlier planting of sprouted seed tubers, growth period could be prolonged by 10 to 12 days. 8. Earlier harvest decreased much the rate of virus infection of seed potatoes. 9. According to the results of aphid control trial using systemic soil insecticides at Kangnung and Taekwanlyung, PSP 204, Disyston and Thimet was effective to aphid control. In particular, control effect of twice treatments of PSP 204 was great. 10. Treatmental effect of those chemicals lasted about 60-70 days. However, single foliar application of emulsified chemicals was not effective to potato virus control. 11. The effect of PSP 204, Disyston, and Thimet on the control of potato leaf roll virus was great, particularly in the case of two treatments of PSP 204, at Kangnung as well as at Taekwanlyung. Higher negative correlationship between the control effect of potato leaf roll virus and potato yield was observed showing the value r=-0.85 at Kangnung, and r=-0.87 at Taekwanlyung. 12. Differences in the control effects among PSP 204, Disyston, and Thimet was not noticed.