Decisions at planting: Cutting of seed potatoes

By Team PotatoWorld, Mar 28, 2022 2:30:00 PM

Seed potatoes, whole and cut, are often dusted or sprayed with a pencycuron containing fungicide to protect against black scurf caused by .

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Small tubers used as seed in subsistence potato farming

By Team PotatoWorld, Mar 7, 2022 10:30:00 AM

In subsistence farming and in a developing seed system where there is no official certification scheme operating, growers use the small tubers of the.

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Situation-dependent provenance of seed tubers

By Team PotatoWorld, Feb 28, 2022 10:00:00 AM

The provenance of seed for potato planting is situation-dependent. In temperate climates with cool summers, certified seed is usually grown in the.

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Vegetative potato propagation: Rapid multiplication and virus eradication

By Team PotatoWorld, Feb 21, 2022 9:00:00 AM

In rapid multiplication schemes, plants are multiplied by in vitro or in vivo (not in closed tubes or containers) techniques. Cuttings are rooted to.

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A closer look at some properties of seed potatoes – Size and age

By Team PotatoWorld, May 10, 2021 9:00:00 AM

The seed tuber as propagation material of the potato plant is determined by, amongst other things, its size and age. The amount of seed planted per.

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A look into the generative and vegetative stages of potatoes

By Team PotatoWorld, May 3, 2021 9:30:00 AM

Like insects, potatoes have four distinct appearances. A butterfly deposits its eggs on a leaf, that generate a caterpillar that grows during a few.

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Pre-planting: Tillage methods in mechanized potato production systems

By Team PotatoWorld, Mar 1, 2021 10:15:00 AM

There are several tillage methods in mechanized production systems. Ploughing is the most common method, especially with a moldboard plough that.

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The application of fertilizers in potato cultivation

By Team PotatoWorld, Mar 23, 2020 3:15:00 AM

The knowledge that crops need nutrients (not just organic soil amendments) and the invention and application of fertilizers started with the.

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Pre-planting operations in potato cultivation: Tillage

By Team PotatoWorld, Mar 9, 2020 12:51:19 PM

Of all arable crops, potato needs the most extensive tillage and is not suitable for no (zero), low or minimum tillage. The latter are two systems.

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