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After a wet autumn and harvesting under wet conditions, slugs brought into potato stores via clods and soil adhering to tubers may cause substantial damage by feeding on the tubers.
A carvone sprout inhibitor, Talent®, applied in the potato stores at a dose of 50 ml per tonne potatoes, controlled slugs within a few days. A dose of 25 ml carvone was insufficient. Using a laboratory box test, the slug (Deroceras reticulatum) affected only wounded tubers and, although slime was present on the unwounded potatoes, they were not damaged by slugs.
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Ester, A., Trul, R. Slug damage and control of field slug (Deroceras reticulatum (Müller)) by carvone in stored potatoes. Potato Res 43, 253–261 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02358084
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