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The influence of mist irrigation on the potato IV. Tuber quality factors

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The influence of irrigation method on tuber quality factors was assessed during three seasons. Low volume “mist” irrigation (M), furrow irrigation (F), mist plus furrow (MF) and no irrigation (NI) were compared.

Tubers from misted treatments (M and MF) tended to be lower in dry matter, had a high incidence of secondary growth and hollowheart, yielded darker chips, required more time to condition, were less mature, and contained more reducing sugars than those from NI treatments. Further the tubers from misted treatments tended to contain more P, Mg, Ca, Fe, Al, B and Mn, than those from NI plots at various times during the latter part of the season.

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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)

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

  3. E. C. Quisumbing (Research Assistant, Assistant Professor)

    Present address: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

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  1. the 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) & K. V. P. Shetty (Research Assistant, Scientist, Scientist Pool)

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Paper No. 7496 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 Horticulture.

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

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Sanders, D.C., Nylund, R.E., Quisumbing, E.C. et al. The influence of mist irrigation on the potato IV. Tuber quality factors. American Potato Journal 49, 243–254 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861767

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