Technology Dissemination of Virus-free Seed Potato Production using Hydroponic Production systems

Rini Murtiningsih

Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute Indonesian Center for Horticultural Research and Development Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development

Ministry of Agriculture

In collaboration with

Asian Food And Agriculture Cooperation Initiative 2016

Outline

1. Introduction

2. Main Activities

3. Result and Discussion

4. Suggestion for project

5. Project impact & recommendation

6. Future Plan

Project executing agency :

Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute (IVEGRI)

1. Introduction

IVEGRI FIELD STATIONS Berastagi (25 Ha)

Lembang (40,5 Ha)

Serpong (4 Ha)

Research funding :

– National Budget

– Research and technology competitive grants

– Private companies

– International Institutes or agencies

International collaboration with ACIAR, JIRCAS, AVRDC,

AVA, AARNET, USAID-ABSP, VegIMPACT, CIP

Facilities

- Laboratories: Soil, Entomology, Phytophatology,

Nematology, Virology, Bacteriology, Micology, Plant breeding and germplasm, Seed, Postharvest, Biomolecular, Physiology, and Tissue Culture

- Field stations : Lembang : (± 1.250 m asl; 40,5 ha) Berastagi : (± 1.340 m asl; 25 ha) Serpong : (± 200 m asl; 4 Ha)

- Green house and netting house

- Guest house

Human resources

• Researcher : 51 • Technician : 20 • Supporting staffs (librarian, analyst, etc.) : 99 • Administrative staffs : 24

TOTAL : 194

Research groups:

• Plant breeding, seed and germplasm

• Entomology and phytophatology

• Economy, physiology and postharvest

Capabilities 1. Conduct research and development on vegetables , for example:

• Creating, Engineering and Improving vegetable varieties: chilli, shallot, potato, tomato, etc

• Developing various techniques and strategies as part of integrated crop management (ICM) for chilli, shallot, potato, tomato, etc.

2. Produce breeder seed through breeder seed production unit

3. Provide various services:

• laboratory tests, internship , • dissemination, etc

4. Collaborate with other institution, organization including private companies, for example:

• Competitive research (grant, etc.) • Efficacy tests for fertilizers and pesticides (in house and registration

trial )

Aeroponic

Project background

• Potatoes are not considered as staple food in Indonesia • Consumer demand on potato continues to rise because its

role as food substitutes. • The national potato production should be improved • The availability of good quality seed potatoes in sufficient

quantities and at reasonable prices is important • Indonesia has developed a seed potatoes system • Seed potatoes propagation using the hydroponic method

has been developed in many countries in world. • However, the hydroponic method has not been widely used

in Indonesia.

• The utilization of resistance varieties and pests and diseases-

free plant material is effective and efficient method to minimize pests and diseases attack.

• IVEGRI has released various resistance varieties of potatoes and developed the tissue culture technology to produce virus-free seed potatoes.

• Combination of those technologies with seed potatoes multiplication using hydroponic method is expected to generate virus and soil-borne pathogens-free seed potatoes in sufficient quantities to meet the seed potatoes need in Indonesia.

• The study on the combined tissue culture technology and seed potatoes propagation using hydroponic methods that comply with the Indonesian circumstances is needed

Project background

2. Main Activities Two main activities will be conducted during the 1st year of

the project:

a. Base line survey of seed potatoes production in Indonesia.

b. Management of nutrients appropriate for the seed

potatoes production of various potato varieties released by

IVEGRI

2. Main Activities

a. Base line survey of seed potatoes production in Indonesia.

• Aim to collect information regarding to the seed potato

reproduction system in Indonesia.

• Visit 6 potato production centers in Indonesia (West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, West Sumatra)

• Interview seed potato producers, potatoes farmers and other stakeholders

2. Main Activities

b. Management of nutrients appropriate for the seed potatoes

production of various potato varieties released by IVEGRI

• Aim to know the seed potatoes propagation using hydroponic methods appropriate for potato varieties released by IVEGRI.

• Aeroponic is selected for this current study • In the greenhouse or screen house in Lembang using the Split Plot

Design with nutrient solution as the main plot and potato varieties released by IVEGRI as subplots.

• Nutrient solution used in this activity is the nutrient solution tailored based on the potato nutrient needs.

• Various parameters will be observed including plant growth, plant analysis (nutrient absorption), yield and quality of the harvest (water content, reduced weight, harvest time, the size of potato tubers).

Seed-potatoes is considered as one key of key factors for successful potato production

It is important to select appropriate seed-potatoes propagation method that can produce acceptable quality of seed-potatoes based on the agro-ecological conditions and its feasibility for commercial production.

3. Result and Discussion na 4. Suggestion for project

5. Project impact & recommendation

• The project activities will be started in 2017 budget year

the impacts and recommendations are not available at this

moment.

• However

to obtain valuable information regarding to the seed potatoes

system in Indonesia and the financial and technical feasibility of

seed potatoes multiplication using hydroponics.

conduct research to study the hydroponic methods that suitable

for Indonesian circumstances.

• In the final year of the project, the seed-potato multiplication using

hydroponic method will becoming known and used by seed potatoes

stakeholders in Indonesia.

6. Future plan

Activities Month

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

1. Activity 1 Baseline survey (year 1)

Preparation x x

Survey x x x

Data input and analysis x

2. Activity 2 Management of nutrients appropriate for the seed potatoes production

of various potato varieties released by IVEGRI (year 1)

Assembly of screen house

assembly and growth bench x x

Planting of in-vitro planlet in the

laboratory x x

Planlet propagation x

Planlet acclimatization in the

screen house and stem cuts

propagation

x x

Stem cuts transfer to growth

bench x x x x

Crop maintenance x x x x

Data input, analysis and report

writing x x

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