YIELD PERFORMANCES OF PELLETED TRUE POTATO (TPS) SEEDS IN OUTDOOR SEEDBED GROWING

Abstract

Yield performances of pelleted true potato seeds were tested in the outdoor seedbed growing at Bornova[1]Izmir, Turkey in 2017 and 2018. Micro yield trial was arranged in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with following treatments: seedling from pelleted seed (SPS), seedling from non-pelleted seed (SNPS), pelleted single seed (PSS), pelleted two (double) seed (PDS), pelleted three (triple) seed (PTS), non-pelleted seed (NS) and minituber (MT). The following results were obtained the PTS had the highest tuber number (9.1); the PDS had the highest single tuber weight similar to the control MT; the PTS had the highest plant yield (182.3 g); the PTS had the highest plot yield (1.0 kg) with the MT (Control); the PDS had the highest tuber width (3.4 cm) similar to the MT (control) and the PDS had the highest tuber length (4.2 cm) similar to the MT (4.1 cm) and PSS (4.0 cm) The high mean for the agronomical traits indicated that pelleted potato seeds could be successfully used in the outdoor seedbed growing.