{"id":218,"date":"2024-04-03T20:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2024-04-03T20:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:56:14","slug":"true-potato-seed-tps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/?page_id=218","title":{"rendered":"True Potato Seed (TPS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='layer_slider_1' class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  container_wrap sidebar_right'    style='height: 501px;' ><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Under the direction of <b>Dr. Khyal Thakur<\/b>, <b>Tuberosum<\/b> has been developing hybrid TPS varieties suitable for commercial potato production. The difference between conventional potato breeding practices and TPS is enormous. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Traditionally seed potato comes in the form of potato tuber. TPS breeding practices get the seed from the botanical seed found on the potato plant. The implications of producing potato seeds from this method are enormous. It will greatly impact the cost of seed and seed transportation, amount of storage needed, and the rate of multiplication.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Multiplication factor surpasses 1:5000<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">100g TPS replaces 3 tons seed tubers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Almost zero risk of infection<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Less phytosanitary constraints<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Single seed weighs less than a milligram<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Stored for years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Disease-free seed with natural resistances<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">More flexible planting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>= Reduced Cost<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>&amp; Better Quality<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuberosumtechnologies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}