Evaluation of Acceptable Yield for Potato Tuber Genotypes Based on Specific Processing Traits

Abstract

In Uganda few studies have characterized processing attributes on dry matter content and other morphological attributes among genotype sets, and limited reports on reducing sugars as Nuwamanya et al., only quantified reducing sugars on only 3 released potato varieties. The limited research focus on tuber processing qualities has led to a demand deficit for potato varieties to serve the potato industry. It’s against this background, that this study was undertaken to determine the phenotypic variation among 30 potato genotypes on the basis of desirable tuber processing attributes (dry matter content and reducing sugars) so as to characterize and identify potential parental genotypes for future breeding purposes.