Bhim B. Khatri, Surendra L. Shrestha, Ram C. Adhikari and Gyan P. Rai
Potato Research Programme, Nepal Agriculture Research Council
Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

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ABSTRACT

References are conflicting whether, TPS technology is advantageous or not to the farmers in poor countries like Nepal. However, the use of TPS which is easier to store, transport and is free of major tuber-borne diseases, offers an alternative to costly seed tubers. Extensive research works in the last two decades brought the fact that the use of TPS for ware potato production reduces the production cost. Nevertheless, some reservations are expressed against it, such as requirement to skillful management and lack of uniformity for plant and tuber characteristics in the crop grown. So far, after several years of on-station and on-farm research and develop0ment activities carried out on TPS in the country, Potato Programme Nepal has been able to recommend some suitable TPS progenies and agronomic practices for the cultivation in the mid-hills and terai of Nepal. This paper is a critical review of such activities in Nepal.