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The influence of mist irrigation on the potato: II. Growth and development

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The influence of irrigation method on potato growth and development was assessed during three years. Low volume “mist” irrigation (M), furrow irrigation (F), mist plus furrow (MF) and no irrigation (NI) were compared.

During a high and moderate stress season misting maintained the haulm later into the season and increased the proportion of small and medium size tubers. Further during the high stress season misted plots (M and MF) yielded more than NI plots.

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  1. R. E. Nylund (Professor)

    Present address: Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota

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    Paper No. 7494 of the Science Journal Series of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. This work is part of a thesis submitted by the senior author for the Ph.D. degree in Horticultural Science.

    This work supported in part by funds provided by the Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research under P.L. 88-379.

    Formerly Research Fellow (presently Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N. C. 27607).

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    Sanders, D.C., Nylund, R.E. The influence of mist irrigation on the potato: II. Growth and development. American Potato Journal 49, 187–195 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02864738

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