Spudy Agrihorti is a high yielding potato variety suitable for chipping industry
Kusmana, Nazly Aswani, Tri Handayani
Indonesia Vegetable Research Institute, Jl. Tangkuban Perahu 517 Lembang, Bandung.
Kusmana63[at]yahoo.com
Abstract
ABSTRACT. The demand for potato in the domestic chips industry is very high and most of it is still imported. Therefore a breakthrough is needed to get new superior varieties of processed potato chips that are suitable for industrial raw materials both large, medium and small industries. The purpose of this study was to obtain a new chipping potato variety. The output of this activity is to get a chipping potato variety. The study was conducted in Cikajang, District Garut (1300 m asl). The experimental design was Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), number of replications was 4 times, the treatment consisted of six genotypes Spudy Agrihorti, clones 12.20, clones 14.5.1 and three comparative varieties Atlantic, Medians and Granola. Plant population 80 plants / plot. Observations were made on the qualitative character, quantitative character and chemical analysis of potato. The results showed that one superior genotype was Spudy Agrihorti with very high yield potential reaching 40.8 tons / ha higher than comparative varieties of Atlantic (29.4 tons / ha) and Medians (32.3 tons / ha). Spudy Agrihorty also displays supporting data of highly qualified processed quality to be used as raw material for the chips industry. This is indicated by high carbohydrate content of 14.77%, high specific gravity of 1.093 m3 with very low reducing sugar content of 0.03%. The quality results of Spudy agrihorti chips are preferred by consumer respondents because they have a yellow chip color compared to chipping varieties of Atlantic and Medians.
Keywords: Potatoes, raw material for chips, testing.
Topic: Agricultural Engineering