Process for producing potato tubers
US6088958A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P60/21
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for producing potato tubers by hydroponics, by which potato tubers free from lenticel hypertrophy may be produced is disclosed. The method for producing potato tubers according to the present invention is characterized in that a partition member through which roots of potatoes can pass while stolons of potatoes cannot pass is provided above nutrient solution, that the roots are at least partially immersed in the nutrient solution through the partition member, and that the stolons of potatoes are grown on the upper side of the partition member so as to form potato tubers.
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