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Potato Seed Production

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  • © 2021

Overview

  • Presents a systematic view of potato seed production
  • Reviews advanced potato seed production technology
  • Reflects the specifics of potato seed production, starting from geographic conditions and ending with environmental legislation
  • Useful for Russian and international scholars and originators interested in potato seed production

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Potato Cultivation in Russia. Potato Seed Classification and Production System. Modern Technologies Used in Potato Seed Production Process

  2. Specifics of Phytosanitary and Process Regulations When Growing Potato Seed of Top-Quality Categories

  3. Main Monitoring Items of Potato Seed Quality: Purity of a Variety, Diseases, Pests, Defects

  4. Potato Seed Quality Control and Certification

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About this book

This book comprises the best potato seed production practices and includes details on potato cultivation, classification, and the main structural elements of the successive stages of potato seed production. It presents potato varieties from Russian originators, describes modern technologies involved in the process of potato seed production, and presents special aspects of phytosanitary and process regulations for the cultivation of high-quality potato seed.


Additionally, the authors illustrate the statutory regulation of salable quality of potato seed: purity of variety, diseases, pests, and defects. The authors identify Russian quality control methods and certification of potato seed, and consider the packaging and labeling of potato seed that is held for sale. Finally, the authors also clarify the features of foreign potato seed certification systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Russian Potato Research Centre, Moscow Region, Russia

    Sergey V. Zhevora, Boris V. Anisimov

About the editors

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.


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