Plant Soil Environ., 2026, 72(9):526-533 | DOI: 10.17221/388/2026-PSE

Cultivar responses to daylength and stem descent in aeroponic seed potatoOriginal Paper

Meksy Dianawati ORCID...1, Kiki Kusyaeri Hamdani ORCID...1, Yati Haryati ORCID...1, Bambang Susanto ORCID...1, Ika Cartika ORCID...1, Rahmat Awaludin Salam ORCID...2, Neni Gunaeni ORCID...1, Indijarto Budi Rahardjo ORCID...1, Agus Nurawan ORCID...1, Hanudin ORCID...1, Asih Kartasih Karjadi ORCID...1, Amisnaipa1, Paulina Evy Retnaning Prahardini ORCID...1, Bagus Kukuh Udiarto1, Sortha Simatupang ORCID...1
1 National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Research Organisation for Agriculture and Food, Research Centre for Horticultural Crops, Cibinong Science Centre, Cibinong, Indonesia
2 National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Research Organisation for Agriculture and Food, Research Centre for Food Crops, Cibinong Science Centre, Cibinong, Indonesia
3 Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Telkom University, Bandung, Indonesia

Extending daylength during vegetative growth may improve aeroponic potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) growth but yield responses may depend on cultivar and canopy disturbance. Two cultivars, cvs. Atlantic Malang and Chipita, were grown under a natural 12 h day or a 16 h day created by 4 h supplemental LED lighting until 6 weeks after planting (WAP), combined with no stem descent or stem descent at 2 or 4 WAP. A split-plot randomised complete block design with five blocks was used; daylength was the main-plot factor and six cultivar-stem descent combinations were subplots. Data were analysed by split-plot ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test and principal component analysis. At 6 WAP, 16 h increased canopy, root, stolon, and early tuber growth. In cv. Atlantic Malang without stem descent, 16 h increased final tuber weight per plant by 55%. In cv. Chipita, 16 h combined with stem descent at 4 WAP reduced final tuber number and weight by 71% and 59%, respectively. Cv. Chipita without stem descent or with descent at 2 WAP produced the greatest plot-level yields. Thus, daylength extension should be matched to cultivar and stem-descent timing.

Keywords: minituber; crop architecture; soilless cultivation; source-sink; tropical highland

Received: August 15, 2026; Revised: September 9, 2026; Accepted: September 9, 2026; Prepublished online: September 16, 2026; Published: September 30, 2026  Show citation

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Dianawati M, Hamdani KK, Haryati Y, Susanto B, Cartika I, Awaludin Salam R, et al.. Cultivar responses to daylength and stem descent in aeroponic seed potato. Plant, Soil and Environment. 2026;72(9):526-533. doi: 10.17221/388/2026-PSE.
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