1. AFACI Program Workshop on Food Crops
Technology Dissemination of Virus-free Seed Potato Production using Hydroponic Production systems in Thailand
Orathai Wongmetha
Chiang Mai Royal Agricultural Research Center (CMRARC)
Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) Department of Agriculture (DOA), Thailand
Presentation at Conference room of Angkor Paradise Hotel:
20-24 September 2016, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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2. (https://www.google.co.th, 2013)
Content
 Introduction
 Potato in Thailand
 Main Activities
 Results and Discussion
 Suggestions for project
 Project Impacts & Recommendations
 Future Plan
( 2013)
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3. Thailand Background Flag Emblem
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam.
Bangkok is capital of Thailand.
Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country.
An area of 513,000 km2 (198,000 sq mi).
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) is the king of Thailand.
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Deficiency in vitamin A is a major
problem in 37 countries, mostly in Southeast Asia and Africa, with 250, ,000 people, mostly children, becoming partially or totally blind yearly. More than 2 billion people worldwide are anemic or have insufficient iron intake. Green leafy vegetables are rich in both vitamin A Acedoand iron.
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(Wikipedia, 2013)
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4. Geographically Thailand
Thailand is located in the center of peninsular Southeast Asia, 76 provinces.
Agricultural regions divided into 5 regions, namely:
1) North
2) Central
3) East
4) Northeast
5) South
(Sripinta et al., 2008) 4
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5. Climate Seasons Months Temperature (oC) %RH Monsoon Hot and dry
Feb - May 34 75 -
Rainy
Jun - Sep 29 87
Southwest
Cooler and dry
Oct - Jan
Northeast 5
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6. Potato in Thailand
Potato in Thailand is an important in the north and northeastern part of Thailand because potato chip consumption is an increasing rapidly.
The potato farmer income: 2,679-4,464 $US/hec (15,000-25,000 baht/rai).
The entrepreneur required more potato production for processing and farmer also required basic seed production (G1) and certified seed production (G2-G3) to support them.
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7. Potato production in Thailand
Table 1. Thailand production of potato in (Office of Agricultural Economics, 2012).
Year
Processing
Fresh consumption
Area
(ha)
production (tons)
Yield (kg/ha)
2011
8,741.6
124,808
14,275
880
14,863
16,887.5
2012
8,447.4
126,044
14,918.8
854.1
13,116
15,356.3
2013
6,589.9
96,096
14,581.3
646.4
9,064
14,025
2014
5,684.6
89,925
15,937.5
644
9,790
15,200
2015
7,158.7
115,141
14,206.3
672.3
10,522
15,650
2016
6,350.7
129,760
20,431.3
660.3
12,543
18,993.8
%Growth
-7.72
-4.87
3.09
-7.88
-9.36
-2.14
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8. Unit: tones Year Processing Fresh consumption
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Table 2. Quantity of seed potato imported in
Unit: tones
Year
Processing
Fresh consumption
Quota
Imported
2011
6,062.65
4,659.15
262.7
262.5
2012
8,135.28
3,846.03
237.7
2013
7,967.53
6,898
237.5
2014
10,422.95
6,824.08
237.6
2015
6,124.95
1,421
%Growth
2.72
-16.49
-2.00
-1.99
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9. Potato Varieties in Thailand
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Spunta for consumption
Atlantic for processing
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10. Problem of potato production in Thailand
DOA produced pre-basic seed (G0) and basic seed (G1) for farmer but it not adequate.
The enterprises of potato chip are imported certified seed >>> high unit cost and difficult for a management system.
Farmers are stored low quality (virus, bacteria, scab etc.) certified seed potato for planting in next season.
The effect to the quantity and quality of potato, by reduce the total yield and also reduce the marketable quality.

11. How to solve the problem
To find technology or protocol are produced high yields, more easy, rapid, flexible, more security for the phytosanitary quality and at lesser cost through research and development.
The purpose of this study to find the new technology of propagate potato plantlets by tissue culture technique in solid media or microtubers production by bioreactor and pre-basic seed production under aeroponic system that improve quality and quantity and lower costs.

12. Main activity Location of experimental site:
Chiang Mai Royal Agricultural Research Centre (CMRARC), MaeWang, ChiangMai, Thailand.
The climate condition:
At 1,250 m above sea level, a cooler, dry season, lasts from November to February, with an average temperatures ranging from 13.9oC, 11.5 mm rain fall level and 84.3% relative humidity (RH).

13. Atlantic Variety Characteristics of selected cultivar:
Early late maturity ( days after planting)
round shape
shallow eye
white flesh
light tan skin
consistently 4 to 9 cm diameter
the yield tones/hec (2,428 kg/rai)
High solid gross >17.5%

14. Main activity Time schedule Activity and process Year 1:
(Jan 2017-Dec 2017)
Establishment and research of aseptic techniques (Jan-Apr 17)
- Prepare material for micropropagation plantlets.
2. Induction and multiplication of shoots in vitro (May-Aug 17)
- To find out the suitable medium for multiplication of potato shoots and roots for produce potato plantlet production form in vitro micropropagation technique. Including monitoring virus infection of plantlet.
3. Mother plant production in net house (Jul-Sep 17)
- Tissue plantlets are transplant to a tray, soil media in net-house. The Stem cutting of mother plant is transplant in aeroponic system in days after planting. To find out the suitable fertilizer for produce mother plant in soil media. Including monitoring virus infection of mother plant.

15. Time schedule Activity and process
Year 2:
(Jan 2018-Dec 2018)
4. Microtubers production in vitro (Jul-Apr 18)
- Potato plantlets are induce microtubers by using tissue culture method in solid media or bioreactor system in liquid media under aseptic condition in laboratory. In additional, to find out the suitable medium for microtuber production in both media.
5. Pre-basic seed production (G0)
5.1 G0 from stem cutting in Aeroponic system (Nov17-Apr 18)
- Stem cutting of tissue plantlet are inserted to a spongy in holes of form plastic sheets and connected with aeroponic system in net-house. To find out the suitable fertilizer or technique for minituber production in aeroponic system.  Including monitoring virus infection of G0 production.
6. Publication paper or leaflet or book (Apr-Sep 18)

16. Time schedule
Activity and process
Year 3:
(Jan 2019-Dec 2019)
5.2 G0 from microtuber in vitro in soil media (Nov 18-Apr 19)
- Microtubers from in vitro are transplant to a tray, soil media in net house. To find out the suitable fertilizer or technique for G0 production. Including monitoring virus infection.
6. Basic seed production (G1) in the field (Nov 18-Feb 19)
- G1 production from G0 minituber in the research field or farmer field (field demonstration).
7. Publication paper or leaflet or book (Jul-Dec 19)
8. Training course for enterprise, student, farmer (Apr-Sep 18)

17. Time schedule
Activity and process
Year 3:
(Jan 2019-Dec 2019)
7. G1 and G2 production in the field (Nov18-Apr 19)
7.1 G1 production from G0 microtuber in the research field. To find out the suitable technique for G1 production. Including monitoring virus infection.
7.2 G2 production from G1 minituber in the research field or farmer field (field demonstration). To find out the suitable technique for G2 production. Including monitoring virus infection.
Year 4:
(Jan 2020-Dec 2020)
 8. Potato production for processing (Nov19-March 20)
- Potato production for processing from G1 and G2 minituber in the research field or farmer field (field demonstration).

18. Protocols of Seed Potato Production in Thailand
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Protocols of Seed Potato Production in Thailand
Year 1
การผลิตต้นอ่อนปลอดเชื้อ
(Pathogen free in vitro plantlets)
Year 1
Year 2
การเพาะเลี้ยงเนื้อเยื่อในอาหารแข็ง (Tissue culture)
การใช้ระบบไบโอรีแอคเตอร์จมชั่วคราว
(Temporary Immersion Bioreactor ; TIB)
ห้องปฏิบัติการ (Lab)
โรงเรือนกันแมลง (Net house)
Year 1
การผลิตต้นแม่พันธุ์
(Mother plants production)
วัสดุปลูก
(Soil Media)
ระบบไฮโดรโปรนิค
(Hydroponic)
Determine Virus bacteria late blight
การขยายต้นปักชำ
(Stem cuttings production)
โรงเรือนกันแมลง (Net house)
โรงเรือนกันแมลง (Net house)
Year 1/2
การผลิตหัวพันธุ์หลัก G0
(Pre-basic seed production)
ระบบแอโรโปนิค
(Aeroponic)
โรงเรือนกันแมลง
(Net house)
การผลิตหัวพันธุ์ขยาย G1
Basic seed production
Year 2/3
แปลงผลิตหัวพันธุ์ (Field Seed production)
Year 4/5
Year 3/4
ผลิตหัวพันธุ์รับรอง G2
(Certified seed production)
การผลิตมันฝรั่งส่งโรงงาน (Potato production for processing๗
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19. 1. Pathogen fee In vitro plantlets

20. 1.1 Tissue culture of CMRARC
Prepare MS media
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21. 3 weeks–1 month, transplant or sub culture
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22. ศกล.ชม กวก.

23. 5 WEEKS
14 WEEKS

24. T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6

26. 14 September 2018
1.2 Mother plant production by using Temporary Immersion bioreactor (TIB)
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27. Prepare bottles 24 oz. and equipments
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Prepare bottles 24 oz. and equipments
Prepare 300 ml of MS media
Autuclave in 20 min
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28. Prepare TIB equipments in laminar flow clean bench
Wait until cool
Single node cutting in bottle and connect with TIB system, Feed media 2 times, 2 min/time
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29. 3-4 weeks
MS media
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30. MS+GA media

31. 2. Mother Plants Production
3 weeks–1 month, transplant
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32. ศกล.ชม กวก.

33. Stem cuttings production
4. 2 leaves and 2-3 nodes stem cutting
1. Mother plant
5. Soak in rootgrowth
3. Cut potato stem and soak in chitosan 5 min
2. Soak knife in alcohol 50%
6. Transplant in media or aeroponic
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34. 3.1 G0 production in Aeroponic
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38. 3.2 G0 production in soil media
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39. 4. Basic Seed Production (G1-G3)
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41. Important Diseases/ Pests in Thailand
Fungus
Bacterial
Virus & Nematode
Pests
Late blight (Phytophthora
infestans)
-Bacterial wilt
(Ralstonia solanacearum),
Mosaics (PVX, PVY, PYS) and Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV)
Aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer and Ahis gossypii)
Early blight (Alternaria solani)
Black leg and soft rot (Erwinia carotovora and E. chrysanthemi)
Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)
Thrips (Thrips palmi, Scirtothrips dorsalis)
-Downy mildews
(Peronospora destructor)
Ring rot (Clavibacter michiganensis)
Potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella)
Fusarium dry rot and wilt (Fusarium spp.)
Common scab (Streptomyces scabies)
Leaf miner flies (Liriomyza brassicae)
Stem rot (Sclerotium rolfsii)
Cutworm (Spodoptera exigua, Spodoptera litura, Agrotis ipsilon
Stem canker and black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani)

42. Late blight detection CIP scale value Blight (%) Symptoms mean limits1
- No late blight observed. 2
2.5
Traces < 5
- Late blight present. Maximum 10 lesions per plant. 3 10
5 < 15
-Plants look healthy, but lesions are easily seen at closer distance. Maximum foliage area affected by lesions or destroyed corresponds to no more than 20 leaflets. 4 25
15 < 35
- Late blight easily seen on most plants. About 25 % of foliage is covered with lesions or destroyed. 5 50
35 < 65
- Plot looks green; however, all plants are affected. Lower leaves are dead. About half the foliage area is destroyed. 6 75
65 < 85
- Plot looks green with brown flecks. About 75 % of each plant is affected. Leaves of the lower half of plants are destroyed. 7 90
85 < 95
- Plot neither predominantly green nor brown. Only top leaves are green. Many stems have large lesions. 8
97.5
95 < 100
- Plot is brown-colored. A few top leaves still have some green areas. Most stems have lesions or are dead. 9
100
- All leaves and stems dead.

43. Virus Glift kit of mother plants

44. Determined every 1 month

45. 2-3 bands = virus detection

46. Bacteria Test kit of G0-G1

47. 2 bands = bacteria detection

48. Project Impacts & Recommendations
The high temperature and unsuitable fertilizer ratio are affected to impact crops.
Potato virus are seed-borne, reduce mass production of seed potato.
The technique of in vitro micropropagation in potato cv. Atlantic will be done.
The technique of induce microtuber in solid and liquid media should be develop.
The minituber production under aeroponic system should be improves technique, lower costs and increase the farmers’ income.
Aeroponics is a soilless method for producing pre basic potato seed.
The method can produce higher yields, easier, rapid, flexible and more security for the phytosanitary quality.

49. Future plan Activities 2017 2018 2019 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12
1-3
4-6
7-9
10-12
1. Project Activities Preparation
2. Preparation of material
3. Establishment and Research of Aseptic Techniques
4. Tissue plantlets production/ Microtubers production
5. Mother plant production in net house
6. G0 production from stem cutting in aeroponic system and microtuber in vitro culture in soil media under net house

50. Activities
2017
2018
2019
1-3
4-6
7-9
10-12
7. G1 production in the field
8. Certified seed production (G2) in the field
9. Potato production for processing
10. Virus and disease elimination
11. Publication paper or leaflet or book etc.
12. Training/Visiting scientists/Workshop/Conference meeting (1-2 weeks)
13. Training course for enterprise, student, farmer
14. Report Preparation

51. Thank You FOR YOUR ATTENTION &
SAWASDEE
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52. Results and Discussion

53. Suggestions for project