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Phosphorus Uptake, Use Efficiency, and Response of Potato Cultivars to Phosphorus Levels

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Utilization of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars with greater phosphorus (P) efficiency and response to application of this nutrient is essential to maximize yield, mainly in tropical soils that usually have low P availability. An experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions in order to evaluate the P uptake rate and the P efficiency for dry matter (DM) production and tuber yield of five potato cultivars (Agata, Asterix, Atlantic, Markies, and Mondial) under low (15 mg dm−3 P) and high (150 mg dm−3 P) P levels. Plants were grown in pots containing 35 dm3 of a Typic Acrortox soil (31% clay, 4% silt, and 65% sand). Mondial and Agata produced high tuber yield under both P levels due to a high P efficiency. Mondial and Asterix were responsive to P applied regarding the tuber DM production and tuber yield. At high P levels, Asterix, which was inefficient and responsive to P application, had similar tuber yield than Agata, which was P efficient and non-responsive. Potato cultivars, such as Markies and Atlantic, which were inefficient and responsive to P application regarding shoot or whole plant DM production, might not produce high tuber yield if the DM partitioning to the tubers is low.

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Acknowledgments are to São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, proc. 2010/04987-6) for supporting this research, and to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for providing research grant to the first author.

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  1. Cristiane Pilon

    Present address: Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Arkansas, 1366 West Altheimer Drive, Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA

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  1. Department of Crop Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), P.O. Box 237, 18610-307, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Rogério P. Soratto & Letícia A. Moreno

  2. College of Agricultural Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Cristiane Pilon

  3. Center of Research for Tropical Tubers and Starches (CERAT), São Paulo State University (UNESP), P.O. Box 237, 18610-307, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Adalton M. Fernandes

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Soratto, R.P., Pilon, C., Fernandes, A.M. et al. Phosphorus Uptake, Use Efficiency, and Response of Potato Cultivars to Phosphorus Levels. Potato Res. 58, 121–134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-015-9290-8

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