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Heat stress and the tuberization stimulus

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Heat stress may lower potato tuber yields through reduction in the net amount of photosynthate available for total plant growth and through reduced partitioning to the tubers. The latter effect is generally more serious and is the main subject of this paper. High temperatures have much the same effect on partitioning as do long days, and there are significant genetic differences in response to both factors. Both affect the total morphology of the plant. A cutting technique may be used to rapidly screen seedling populations for reaction to temperature or photoperiod. Although progress has been made in studying the nature of the hypothetical “tuberization stimulus”, more needs to be done to clarify the physiological and biochemical changes involved during tuber induction.

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El stress térmico puede disminuir el rendimiento de los tubérculos de la papa, reduciendo la cantidad neta de material fotosintetizado disponible para el total desarrollo de la planta y reduciendo su distribución a los tubérculos.

Este último efecto es generalmente más serio y es el principal motivo de este artículo. Altas temperaturas y días largos tìenen efectos semejantes sobre la distribución del material elaborado, existiendo además significativas diferencias genéticas en relación con la respuesta a ambos factores. Ambos factores afectan la morfología total de la planta. El método de propagación vegetativa con secciones del tallo, puede usarse para analizar la respuesta de poblaciones de plántulas a la temperatura o al fotoperíodo. Aun cuando se ha progresado en el estudio de la naturaleza del estímulo hipotético de la tuberización, se necesita todavia clarificar los cambios fisiológicos y bioquímicos que ocurren durante la indución de la tuberización.

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