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The effect of systemic pesticides on total glycoalkaloid content of potato tubers at harvest

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Two studies were conducted to determine the effect of systemic pesticides on the potato tuber total glycoalkaloid (TGA) content at harvest. In a field study, a pretuberization application of three systemic insecticides (disulfoton, aldicarb, carbofuran) and three systemic fungicides (thiabendazole, benomyl, thiophanate methyl) on three potato cultivars (Cobbler, Katahdin and B5141-6) showed carbofuran to be the only treatment significantly different (P= .05) from the control. The tuber TGA content of the carbofuran treatment was lower than that of the control. In a greenhouse study, carbofuran applied during tuberization to three potato varieties (Norland, Kennebec, Abnaki) produced a highly significant increase (P= .01) in the tuber TGA content. A significant varietal difference (P=.01) in response to the carbofuran treatment was also evidenced.

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Dos estudios fueron Ilevados a cabo para determinar el efecto de pesticidas sistémicos sobre el contenido total de glicoalkaloides (GAT) a la cosecha. En un estudio de campo, una aplicación, previa a la tuberización, de tres insecticidas sistémicos (disulfoton, aldicarb, carbofuran) y tres fungicidas sistémicos (thiabendazole, benomyl, methil thiophanate) sobre tres cultivares de papa (Cobbler, Kathodin y B5141-6) indicaron que carbofuran resultó ser el único tratamiento significativamente diferente (P=0.05) al control. El contenido de GAT en los tubérculos provenientes del tratamiento con carbofuran fue inferior que el de control. En un estudio de campo, el carbofuran aplicado durante la tuberización a tres variedades de papa (Norland, Kennebec, Abnaki) produjo un incremento altamente significativo (P=0.01) en el contenido de GAT del tubérculo. Una diferencia varietal significativa (P=0.01) en respuesta al tratamiento de carbofuran se hizo igualmente evidente.

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  1. Department of Food Science, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine

    J. M. Wilson (Assistant Professor)

  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine

    J. S. Frank (Research Plant Pathologist)

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Wilson, J.M., Frank, J.S. The effect of systemic pesticides on total glycoalkaloid content of potato tubers at harvest. Am. J. Pot Res 52, 179–184 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02838109

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