India: MP Government gets license for Aeroponic System for virus-free quality potato seed production

Published May 5, 2022

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The Department of Horticulture and Food Processing in Madhya Pradesh has been licensed by Agrinnovate India Ltd. for the use of the 'Aeroponic Method for Virus-free Potato Seed Production' technology, developed by the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute. The technology is expected to increase potato seed production and meet the state's seed requirement. The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, praised the development and reiterated the Central Government's commitment to providing quality seeds to farmers. The technology involves spraying nutrients into the roots of the plant, with the upper part remaining exposed to light and air, and one plant yielding an average of 35 to 60 Mini Tubers.

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Agrinnovate India Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi, granted the Department of Horticulture and Food Processing, Government of Madhya Pradesh, a licence for the "Aeroponic Method for Virus-free Potato Seed Production" on 4 May 2022. The Aeroponic Potato Seed Production technology was developed by the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Chief Guest, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, emphasized the Central Government's commitment to ensuring the timely supply of high-quality, certified seeds to farmers. Tomar stated that the ICAR Institutes develop technologies for their respective areas in order to meet the targets. The Union Minister praised the ICAR-CPRI, Shimla's scientists for developing a unique Potato Seeds Production Technology using the Aeroponic Method, which has helped to ensure the supply of Potato Seeds to the country's far-flung farmers. Tomar ...

Source: Krishi Jagran