Method for producing potato tubers using a graft plant
US5771633A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01G2/30
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing potato tubers comprising grafting a potato plant as a scion on a solanaceous plant as a stock and culturing the resultant graft plant by hydroponics to thereby form tubers on the aerial part of the graft plant. By the method of the invention, decrease in the ratio of disease infection in tubers as well as reduction of working hours and work intensity are intended.
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