Production of Healthy Potato Minitubers In Vitro and their Efficiency Assessment

Abstract

Experimental studies were carried out using in vitro methods to isolate the apical meristems of the Latona and Nevsky potato varieties regionalized in Armenia and to regenerate healthy plants therefrom. Modified methods of growing virus-free plants and producing minitubers in greenhouse conditions and then those of producing healthy potato seed material therefrom have been developed and optimized. It has been justified that the yield and profitability of the in vitro healthy minitubers of the studied potato varieties are much higher than the uncured potato planting material used in Armenia.