Process for producing tuber

摘要

The invention provides a process for producing tubers from a tuber-forming plant of the genus Solanum which comprises growing in a culture vessel a piece of said plant to induce and propagate shoots and stolons and further culturing the plant under conditions to form tubers, characterized in that said conditions include aeration of the gaseous phase in the vessel. The aeration is preferably applied in a manner which reduces the humidity of the gaseous phase in the vessel.