EXPERIENCE OF GROWING POTATOES IN THE ARCTIC REGION OF YAKUTIA

Abstract

In the production of plant growing in Yakutia, produced for the nutrition of the population, potatoes occupy a leading position. Currently, potatoes are grown in all categories of farms on the area of about 9.5 hectares. However, its yield does not exceed average 60 – 90 kg/ha in the Republic.In recent years, potatoes are very important among all the crops, grown in the Verkhoyansk ulus and also they occupy half of the area in individual gardens. According to the few materials, in the Northern uluses potatoes can be cultivated very successfully in areas protected from frost. Thus, the yield of potatoes are reached an average of 130 to 150 kg/ha on an area of 1 hectare in the peasant farm «Tungesei» in 2015.The widespread introduction of new varieties is the main way to improve the efficiency of potato production. In the first years of cultivation, a potato variety (retains for 6–10 years after zoning) has a certain lifespan, high yield, resistance to late blight and other diseases, later these properties are gradually lost. Varieties must be changed every 8–10 years.