Disclosed is a method of mass producing potato seedlings, comprising
collecting growing points of seed potatoes and culturing the growing
points in a liquid or solid medium; introducing in vitro plantlets
obtained from the culture of the growing points to solid culture; and
removing the in vitro plantlets from the solid culture, and planting
through stem cutting and acclimatizing the in vitro plantlets in deep
flow culture, in which a nutrient solution is circulating. When in
vitro-cultured plantlets are planted in DSCAC through stem cutting, and
sprouts from the terminal and lateral buds of the plantlets are hardened
by gradually increasing light levels from the dark condition, the
plantlets have healthy dark-green leaves and a high accumulation of
carbohydrates, thereby obtaining potato seedlings having long stems that
appear robust but not overgrown, and elastic and short nodes. Upon
planting in hydroponic facilities, such potato seedlings have high
adaptability to the external environment and thus rapidly, uniformly
generate roots in a short time. The rapid root anchoring prevents planted
seedlings from withering, leading to death, growing poorly, and the like.
The direct planting of in vitro plantlets through stem cutting without a
separate acclimatization process shortens the overall production period
of potato seedlings by omitting the acclimatization process.