Potato Vegetable Flower Research Center PVFC Annual Report

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Annual Report On Screening Korean superior varieties, Hybriding, and Producing Virus-free Seed Potato using Aeroponic Production Systems Cao Dinh Dung Potato, Vegetable & Flower Research Center Dalat, Viet Nam

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Contents ü General information ü Introduction ü Main Activities ü Suggestions for project ü Project Impacts and Recommendations ü Future Plan

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) General information Country: Viet Nam Principal Investigator: Mr. Nguyen The Nhuan Organization: Potato, Vegetable and Flower Research Center Project Duration: Three years from July, 2016 to July, 2019

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) I. Introduction Total production per year o Area: 30. 000 - 35, 000 ha o Productivity: 600, 000 tons o Cultivated area can be expanded to 100, 000 ha Current averaged yield Ø 16 -18 tons per ha

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Distribution of potato cultivation § Red River Delta (70 -80%) - Cultivation: Open Field - Cropping season: 1 § Dalat, Lam Dong province (20 -30%) - Cultivation: Green house, Open Field - Cropping season: 2 – 3

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Red River Delta (9 provinces) § Total cultivated areas: 20, 000 ha § Averaged yield: 14 tons/ha § Advantages ü Cropping season from Nov. – Jan. ü Large production area ü Lower costs of labour, land irrigation § Disadvantages ü One season production ü Low yield potential ü Lower quality (lower dry matter)

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Red River Delta Low costs of labour and land irrigation

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Lam Dong Province Advantages - Favorable climate conditions - Year round production - High yield potential and quality - High potential of Land expansion - Plastic houses Disadvantages - High costs of labor and land rental - High cost for irrigation during the dry season - High cost for pests and diseases control during the rainy season

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Sprinklers irrigation Harvested by machine

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Potato production Main varieties # 07, PO 3, Atlantic, TK 96. 1 Sonara, Diamant Current hybrid potential cultivars: TK 10. 6, TKC 33

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Problems Late blight Bacterial wilt Viruses Common scab Erwinia rot Fusarium rot and wilt

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Can not be harvested because of Late Blight

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Potato Breeding Targets Late blight resistance Virus resistance Common scab resistance Processing quality (chipping) Colour potatoes Baby potatoes

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC)

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) TK 96. 1 Atlantic

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) Seed potato production in Viet. Nam In vitro Plants Micro-tubers G 0 (Green house) Domestic production is only about 30% Imports from China, South Korea. . . G 1, G 2 (Field) For Farmers

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) ELISA test for virus PVX, PVY affection

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) II. Main Activities for the first year 1) Evaluating Korean cultivars 2) Hybriding promising clones 3) Establising Aeroponic cultivation model 4) Establising ultra-pure seed production protocol

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC)

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC)

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) III. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PROJECT - Starting the project soon - Supporting the Korean cultivars for evaluation - Training diseases test techniques - Changing germplast for hybriding

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) IV. Project Impacts and Recommendations * Project impacts Ø Create promissing cultivars reducing potato seeds import from other countries Ø Stabilizing and growing the potato market Ø Supplying healthy mini-tubers to processing companies in Viet Nam. * Recommendations Ø Aeroponic cultivation is new for the PVFC to the PVFC. Korean experts

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) V. Future Plan Next year activities are simialar to those in the first year. At the second year, it is expected to produce healthy minitubers to purchase to processing companies and growers at Da Lat.

Potato Vegetable & Flower Research Center (PVFC) THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!