American Potato Journal

, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 7–11 | Cite as

Potato seed-piece treatment in Ontario

  • L. V. Busch
  • R. G. Rowberry
Article

Abstract

Warming Segabo and Kennebec seed potatoes for 14 days at 70 F in daylight caused the resultant plants to emerge sooner than those from seed kept at 40 F until planting, especially if soil temperatures remained around 50 F. However, neither this practice nor treating seed pieces with insecticidal and fungicidal dusts gave any increases in yield when compared with untreated seed if the seed was planted immediately after cutting. A yield reduction may occur if seed treated with diazinone is planted in soil which remains cold for several weeks.

Keywords

Diazinone Captan Russet Burbank Potato Maneb Untreated Seed 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • L. V. Busch
    • 1
  • R. G. Rowberry
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Environmental Biology and Horticultural ScienceOntario Agricultural College, University of GuelphGuelphCanada

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