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The influence of mist irrigatioin on the potato: III. Nutrient content of leaves

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The influence of irrigation method on nutrient content of potato leaves throughout the season was assessed during three years. Low gallonage “mist” irrigation (M), furrow irrigation (F), mist plus furrow (MF), and no irrigation (NI) were compared. Leaf blades and petioles from Kennebec (1967, 1968, 1969) and Irish Cobbler (1968, 1969) plants were analyzed for P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Mo, Mn, Cu, B and N. Levels of Mo, Mn, Cu and B did not differ either between treatments or during the season.

Leaves from different irrigation methods did not differ consistently in levels of N, K, Mg, Ca or Fe. However, during the latter part of two seasons NI plants contained less P and K and more Fe than M or MF plants. F plants were similar to NI plants in nutrient content except that P was lower in the latter. No matter what the irrigation method, N declined as plants matured. Irrigation treatment did not influence the K or Fe levels of petioles consistently. On several sampling dates MF plants were intermediate. Leaves and petioles of M and MF plants consistently contained more Zn throughout all three seasons than non-irrigated or furrow irrigated plants and, in conctrast to the latter, Zn content did not decline as plants matured.

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  1. D. C. Sanders (Research Fellow, Assistant Professor)

    Present address: Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, 27607, Raleigh, N. C.

  2. R. E. Nylund (Professor, Assistant Professor) & E. C. Quisumbing (Research Assistant, Assistant Professor)

    Present address: Agronomy Department, University of the Phillipines, College, E-109, Laguna, Phillipines

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  1. Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota

    D. C. Sanders (Research Fellow, Assistant Professor), R. E. Nylund (Professor, Assistant Professor) & E. C. Quisumbing (Research Assistant, Assistant Professor)

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Paper No. 7495 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 under P.L. 88-379.

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Sanders, D.C., Nylund, R.E. & Quisumbing, E.C. The influence of mist irrigatioin on the potato: III. Nutrient content of leaves. American Potato Journal 49, 218–226 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02864831

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