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Relationship of calcium nutrition to internal brown spot of potato tubers and sub-apical necrosis of sprouts

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Potato tubers from field plots of calcium experiments in 1983 and 1984 were examined for the presence of internal brown spot. Presence of sub-apical necrosis on sprouts was also determined after storage in both years. Peel calcium concentration of 1983 tubers ranged from 0.226% to 0.130%; the range in percentage of these tubers with internal brown spot after 7 months storage was from 5.0% to 42.5%. The incidence of internal brown spot as well as sub-apical necrosis of sprouts was negatively correlated with tuber peel calcium levels (r = −0.754 and r = −0.792, respectively). Peel calcium concentration of 1984 tubers ranged from 0.224% to 0.104%; as in 1983, tuber calcium concentration was negatively correlated with the incidence of internal brown spot and sub-apical necrosis. Sub-apical necrosis of sprouts was present on 86.3% of the 1984 tubers with internal brown spot, and 65.3% of tubers with sub-apical necrosis on sprouts showed internal brown spot symptoms. The presence of sub-apical necrosis on tuber sprouts may serve as an indirect indicator of low calcium concentration in tubers.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    K. C. Tzeng (Graduate Research Assistant) & A. Kelman (Professor)

  2. Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    K. E. Simmons (Graduate Research Assistant) & K. A. Kelling (Associate Professor)

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Tzeng, K.C., Kelman, A., Simmons, K.E. et al. Relationship of calcium nutrition to internal brown spot of potato tubers and sub-apical necrosis of sprouts. American Potato Journal 63, 87–97 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853687

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