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Some factors affecting productivity of Russet Burbank seed potatoes

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Significant differences in behavior were found among Idaho certified Russet Burbank seed lots when grown both in the greenhouse and in the field. Investigations are being made to determine why variations exist. From this it is hoped that suggestions can be made for increasing the productive capacity of Russet Burbank seed.

Comparisons were made in the greenhouse of seed size and whole vs cut seed. Although whole seed emerged much later than cut seed of the same size, it attained a larger foliage area and root system than cut seed.

Injury to the tubers such as dropping, cutting and peeling, caused an increase in number of sprouts formed and they also appeared to have a more extensive root system at the particular stage of development at which readings were taken.

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Diferencias significantes en comportamiento fueron observadas entre lotes de semilla certificada de Idaho Russet Burbank cuando éstos fueron sembrados en el invernadero y el campo. Se están conduciendo investigaciones para determinar porque existen estas variaciones. Se espera que de este modo se alcanzarán sugestiones para incrementar la capacidad productiva de la semilla Russet Burbank.

En el invernadoero comparaciones han sido hechas entre el tamaño de la semilla y también entre semilla entera y cortada. Aunque la semilla entera brotó mucho más tarde que la semilla cortada del mismo tamaño, la semilla entera alcanzó a tener un area foliar más grande y también un sistema de raíz más desarrollado que las plantas brotadas de semilla cortada.

El daño a los tubérculos, tal como golpeado, cortada, y descortezamiento, causaron un incremento en el número de brotes y estas plantas tenían también, al parecer, un sistema radical más extenso en la etapa precisa de desarrollo en que las observaciones habían sido hechas.

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Published with the approval of the Director of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station as Research Paper No. 694,

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Iritani, W.M. Some factors affecting productivity of Russet Burbank seed potatoes. American Potato Journal 44, 153–158 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02893114

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