Research Progress on Fog Cultivation Technology for Potato Seed Production

Abstract

The market demand for potato seed (minituber) is increasing with the progression and expansion of the potato industry, and the potato seed degeneration has become one of the important factors to restrict the yield and quality of potatoes in the actual development of potato industry. In recent years, the aeroponic cultivation of potato seed has the advantages of high yield and high efficiency as a newly developed virus-free production technology, which effectively solves the problems of soil-borne diseases and continuous cropping obstacles during the potato seed production, as well as opens up a new way for the scalization of potato seed production. In this thesis, the key points of potato seed aeroponic technology, the facility intelligentization development, the core nutrient solution and cultivation management and methods of automatic control of supply system were elaborated, the current problems and application prospects of this technology are summarized based on personal production experience, aimed to provide some foundations for the production as well as practical guidance of potato seed aeroponics cultivation.