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Multiplication of virus-free seeds improves potato yield in critical regions, indicating a boost for local agriculture.
Potato is an important food crop that deserves both large-scale and quick multiplication of quality seed material and widespread extension to regions in which it can be profitably cropped. At present, its cultivation is chiefly confined to about 20,000 acres on the higher plateau of the Nilgiris, where it is a major food and money crop.
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