Potato Seed Production

lt;p>Sergey V. Zhevora - Director of Russian Potato Research Center, PhD in Agriculture

Boris V. Anisimov - Head of laboratory of variety identification and soil control of the original potato seed of Russian Potato Research Center, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS), Honorary Worker in the agricultural sector of Russia, Distinguished Worker in the agricultural sector of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.

Introduction.- Russian Potato Growing History.- Potato Consumption Patterns, Crop Acreage, Bulk Yields, Yielding Capacity and Priority Lines of Innovative Development.- Technologies for Clonal Propagation of Healthy Parent in Vitro Material and in Vitro Microtuber Growth.- Technologies for Growing Minitubers.- Production of  Potato Seed: Potato Breeding Using True Seeds.- Selection of Special Protected Territories with Favorable Natural, Climatic and Phytosanitary Conditions.- Basic Agronomical and Protective Techniques Used in Potato Seed Production.- Authenticity and Purity of a Variety.- Potato Bacterioses.- Defects Caused by Physiological Disorders Under Abnormal Conditions.- Quality Standards for Various Potato Seed Categories.- Soil Control of Varieties.- Bibliography.- Index.