Institute, Bol’shie Vyazemy, Odintsovskii Region, Moscow Province, 143050 Russia, e-mail nataafg@gmail.com, kuznetsova@vniif.ru; 2Tuberosum Technologies Inc., Broderick, SK, S0H 0L0 Canada, e-mail khyalct@yahoo.co.in Received March 4, 2016 A b s t r a c t In spite of high biological potential demonstrated in field trials, many potato cultivars did not show a full productivity at a large-scale production that can be caused by both external (cultivation conditions) and internal (quality and adaptive potential of seed material) factors. <...> A pre-planting treatment of seeds with low-frequency pulse electric field (LF-PEF) was proved to have a positive effect on the seed qualities and productivity of some agricultural crops including lettuce, parsley, red beet, and carrot. <...> In this study we assessed the response of 13 different potato varieties to the LF-PEF treatment on several morphometric traits. <...> The study was carried out at three geographical points: Tuberosum Technologies LLC (Saskachewan, Canada, 2009, 11 varieties of different reproductions used for the baby potato production), the field of All-Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology (ARRIP, Moscow Province, 2011; variety Saturna), and Ozery LLC (Moscow Province, 2012; variety Lady Clair). <...> For each variety, 20 kg (Tuberosum Technologies), 200 kg (ARRIP), and 2 tons (Ozery) of seed potato were treated 3-5 days prior the planting using an experimental LF-PEF generator developed by the Intelpro LLC (Russia). <...> Generated electric field was characterized by a broadband frequency range and had the following parameters: carrier frequency 16±10 kHz, repetition rate of the modulating pulse pattern 200 Hz, generated field intensity 20 kV/m. <...> Protective treatments with fungicides were the same for both treated and untreated plants used as control. <...> Plant height, number of stems per plant, number of leaves per stem, fresh weight of above-ground parts, and the number and total weight of tubers per plant were measured at flowering; each variant (control or treatment) included 10 plants in four repetitions. <...> For the majority of the studied varieties, the LF-PEF treatment did not significantly influence on plant height, number of leaves per stem, and fresh weight of above-ground <...>