Development Status and Prospect of Potato Mechanized Harvest in Hilly and Mountainous Areas

In recent years, potato planting area in hilly and mountainous areas has been increasing and yield has been improved, but mechanization rate of potato harvest is far lower than national average level, and harvest is the largest link of labor in potato mechanization, resulting in gradual increase of labor cost in potato production process and decrease of farmers' benefits．General situation of potato harvesting technology in hilly and mountainous areas and bottleneck problems restricting development of potato mechanization in hilly and mountainous areas were analyzed, and development countermeasures and prospects of potato mechanization harvesting technology in hilly and mountainous areas were put forward, which could provide reference for researchers engaged in potato mechanization harvesting technology in hilly and mountainous areas．