EVALUATION OF MORPHOBIOLOGICAL AND PRODUCTIVE INDICATORS OF POTATO CULTIVARS (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L)

Nikollaq BARDHI, Foto KASHTA, Moltina PREBIBAJ, Alirami SALIJI, Valmir SALIJI

Abstract

The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an annual plant of the Solanaceae family spread all over the world. This is due to the adaptability of the plant, and the variability of potato cultivars in terms of: plant period, and biological and technological adaptability. It is cultivated at all altitudes above sea level, from the coastal area as an early potato to the high areas as a late potato. The genetic study, the creation of new cultivars with higher biological productive capacity, with higher resistance to viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases has constantly been the object of the research and scientific work of Research Institutes for potato all over the world and especially in the Netherlands and which has not only the highest yield in the world, but produces the elite potato seed. The creation of new cultivars is constantly in scientific work and seed production. Ecological and productive degeneration in potato is a frequent occurrence, significantly reducing potato yield. Therefore, the creation of new cultivars and their testing in different countries is coherent. Eleven potato cultivars obtained from the Netherlands, France, and Germany were included in the study, specifically: Jaerla, Agria, Mandola, Bjodina, Universi, Malou, Loane, Melene, Amany, Big Rose, and Flower Blu. In these cultivars, biometric measurements were made for: plant height, number of shoots per plant, production per plant, vegetative period, average tuber weight and yield (kv).

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