Potato Crops All Point For Exams

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Potato Crops One Liner

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Potato Crops All One Liner Questions

  Questions Answers
1 Botanical name ? Solanum tuberosum
2 Family? Solanaceae
3 Origin? Peru (South America)
4 Type of fruit ? Berry
5 Chromosome number in potato? 2n=48
6 Potato was introduced in India in early 17th century from? Europe
7 Protein present in? 1.6-2%
8 Carbohydrate present ? 17%
9 Fat present ? 0.1-0.5 %
10 Optimum temperature for Tuber growth? 20°C
11 Store in cold storage at which temperature ? 10-15°C
12 Spacing  60 × 20
13 Potato is known as?
  • King of vegetable
  • Poor’s Man’s Friend
14 Green colour of potato tuber due to? Solanine (occur due to sunlight)
15 Blind hoeing is common Agronomical process in? Potato and Sugarcane
16 International potato year? 2008
17 water requirement of potato? 500-700 MM
18 Most popular method of potato planting is? Ridge and furrow method
19 Storage period of fresh potato at 3-4°C? 5-10 month
20 Important nutrient for potato? Nitrogen
21 Cash crop which has high market value per unit area? Potato
22 Potato is a rich source of? AgriExam.Com Starch (farina and Vitamin especially B1)
23 Solanin content ? 5mg/100gm of potato
24 Earthing up in potato is done when plant height gets? 15-20 cm
25 Potato crop is planted in? 15-25 Oct
  QUESTIONS ANSWER
1 Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) located at ? Shimla (1949)
2 Who was the first director of CPRI? Dr. Ramanujan
3 Present director of CPRI ? AgriExam.Com Dr SK Chakratarti (since jan. 2016)
4 “Indian Potato Association” founded in ? 1974 (Shimla)
5 International Potatoes Centre located at ? Lima, Peru (1971)
6 “Seed Plot Technique” developed by ? Pushkar Nath (1967)
7 “True potato seed” developed by? Dr. Ramanujan
8 What was the first variety of TPS? “Phulwa”
9 It is a technique of multiplication of disease free (Virus free) seed in Northern plains of Country? SPT

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  Questions Answers
1 The best method of irrigation in potato is? Furrow irrigation
2 Potato is a? Perennial plant
3 Potato as a crop treated as an? Annual plant
4 Potato is a? C3 plant      
5 Which type of plant ? Self pollinated
6 Tuberization point of view potato is? Short day plant     
7 Flowering point of view? Long day plant 
8 pH requirement about? 5.0-6.5
9 Potato requires temperature for satisfied tuber growth? 17-19°C.  
10 The stolen formation?   20-50 DAP
11  Tuber Elongation? 60-80 DAP
12 Earthing up done at? 40 DAP
13 When is the Dehaulming done in the potat.o? ? 10-12 days before harvesting

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  Questions Answers
1 Tuber represents? Enlarged underground stem
2 Potato is used for production of? Dextrin & Glucose
3 Solanum genus containing 7cultivated species but commerical viable Potatos has only two species? S tuberosum and S andigenum.
4 The uppermost part of sprouts develops into? Arial stem or Haulms.
5 These Haulms may have anthocynin pigment in them when tuber is? Green coloured
6 Inflorescence? Racemose type
7 Application of growth retardant on Foliage accelerate tuberization but when growth promoters use on haulm then Tuberization?   Decrees
8 Occupies largest area and production under any single vegetable in the world? Potato

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Varieties
Early maturity: Takes only 75 days
Kufri chandramukhi K. Ashoka (extra early) K. alankar
K. lavkar K. Navtal K. Jawahar
Mid maturing variety of potato? AgriExam.Com
K. Sheetman(Frost resistant variety) K. Chamatkar K. Badshah
K.Lalima  K.Pankaj 
Late maturing variety of potato?
K. deva K.sinduri K.Megha
Potato variety which suitable for processing purpose?
K. chipsona-1 K. chipsona-2
  Questions Answers
1 Black heart of potato caused by? Oxygen deficiency
2 Due to lack of O, in stored potato the internal tissues break down and Occur? Black heart disorder
3 Due to excessive use of N-fertilizer, an irregular cavity in the center of tubers develops? Hollo heart
4 Due to prolonged storage of tubers at temperature of about 0°C? Chilling Injury
5 Serious disease of potato is? Late blight of potato
6 Protein rich Protato variety is developed by? Asis datta
7 Excess Mg produce type of toxicity in potato stem? Streak necrosis
8 Potato leaf roll viruses is transmitted by? Aphids (Myzus persicae)
9 Scab disease incidence condition reduces in? Acidic condition
10 Iris famine came due to which disease.(Ireland 1845) ? Late blight of potato
11 Late blight of potato caused by? Phytophthora infestans
12 Early blight of potato caused by?(Soil borne) Alternaria solani
13 Black scurf (Tuber borne) of potato caused by? Rhizoctonia solani
14 Domestic quarantine is done mainly to protect from? Wart disease
15 Wart disease of potato caused by which Fungus Fungus? Synchytrium endobioticum
16 Scab disease of potato caused by Streptomyces scabies
17 Insect of potato which infect the tubers in field as well as storage is? Potato tuber moth (Gnorimoschema operculella)
 
K- Kufri
  Questions Answers
1 Potato crop susceptible for ? Frost
2 Frost resistant variety of potato? K.Sheetman
3 Cyst nematode and late blight resistant variety of potato? K.Thenamalai
4 Foreign variety of potato (Exotic) ? Upto Date, 
Kregs Defines,
President
5 Clonal variety of potato ? K.Red & K.Safed
6 Isolation distance kept in potato foundation and certified seed production? 5 Metre
7 Which are most common method of potato storage in plains and plateau region ? Heaps and Pits
8 Wart disease resistant variety ? k kanchan and k  jyoti

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  Questions Answers
1 Total Sowing area of potato in India? 2.34 M/ha
3 Total Potato production in 2023-24? 58.99 MT
4 Highest potato producing state in India?  
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Uttar Pradesh (34.21%)
5 Largest potato producing state in India is? Uttar Pradesh
6 Uttar Pradesh> West Bengal > Bihar Potato  Area
7 Uttar Pradesh> West Bengal > Bihar Potato  Production
  Questions Answers
Propagated by? Tuber (underground stem)
Tuber required for sowing? 15-20 q./ha
Seed rate of TPS? 100-150 gram/ha
In potato most critical stage of irrigation are? Stolen formation & Tuber elongation
Which fertilizer not suitable for potato (Solanaceae crops)? Potassium Chloride (KCL)
Which chemical used as potato dormancy breaker? Thiourea
Which type climates crop is grown? Temperate
Optimum mean daily temperatures are? 18 to 20°C
The vegetative growth best at? 24°C
Optimum soil temp. for normal tuber growth? 15 to 18°C
Tuber growth is inhibited when temp.? <10°C  & >3o°C
Planting time for early crop? 20 sep.-10 oct.
Planting time for main crop? 10 oct.-25 oct.
Planting time for late crop? 25 oct.- 10 nov.
Planting spacing for 5.0-6.0 cm Tuber diameter 60 x 40 cm
Planting spacing for 3-5-5.0 cm Tuber diameter 60 X 25 cm
Planting spacing for 2.5-3-5 cm Tuber diameter 50×20 / 60x 15 cm
Optimum sowing depth? 5-10 cm
Which size tuber should be preferred? 30-40 g each
Seed rate for round variety? 15-18 q/ha
Seed rate for oval variety?  20-25 q/ha
What seed rate of Small size?  10-15 q/ha
What seed rate of medium size?  15-20
What seed rate of large size?  25-30
Maturity time of Early variety? 90-120 days
Maturity time of medium variety? 120-150
Maturity time of late variety? 150-180

 

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