Constraints of TPS
TPS presents following disadvantages, which have been the major bottlenecks in adoption of TPS technology.
§ Raising a crop from TPS requires more labour and greater skill. Therefore is has not found favour with farmers.
§ TPS produced crop takes about 20-25 days more for maturity compared to that from seed tubers.
§ Potato seedlings are vulnerable to environmental stress and need more care/labour input especially during the initial phases of growth and establishment in transplanted crop.
§ Crop from TPS populations are less uniform in plant type/maturity, tuber shape, size and dry matter.