Effect of the pre-planting treatment of tubers with pulse electric field on the development of potato plants

The effect of the pre-planting treatment of rubbers with pulse electric field on some biometric parameters of vegetating potato plants has been studied. Experiments performed on two different cultivars show a reliable positive effect on the number of stems and tubers per a plant and the total weight of tubers per a plant. The average increase of these parameters in treated plants makes 37.56, 33.86, and 20.31%, respectively. In the case of the plant height and fresh weight of foliage, the obtained data do not allow us to conclude about any stable effect of such treatment on these parameters.