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The response of four potato cultivars to chloride salinity, sulfate salinity and calcium in pot experiments

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Potato plants (cvs. ‘Russet Burbank’, ‘Red Pontiac’, ‘Norchip’ and ‘Norgold Russet’) were grown in an artificial medium for 28 days under greenhouse conditions and were watered with solutions containing various rates of NaCl or Na2SO4 alone and in combination with CaSO4. NaCl and Na2SO4 slowed growth of young plants. On a mole basis Na2SO4 slowed growth more than NaCl. The addition of CaSO4 reduced the deleterious effect of NaCl or Na2SO4 solutions. Growth of ‘Russet Burbank’ plants was the most adversely affected by solutions of NaCl or Na2SO4. Watering with solutions of NaCl or Na2SO4 also reduced the number of ‘Russet Burbank’ plants.

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  1. Jerzy J. Bilski

    Present address: Department of Agriculture, Agricultural and Technological University, Bernardynski 6, Bydgoszcz, Poland

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  1. Department of Horticulture and Forestry, North Dakota State University, 58105, Fargo, ND

    D. C. Nelson (Professor) & Rhonda L. Conlon (Research Specialist)

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Published with the approval of the Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article Number 1604.

Formerly Foreign Exchange Scientist, Department of Horticulture and Forestry, North Dakota State University.

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Bilski, J.J., Nelson, D.C. & Conlon, R.L. The response of four potato cultivars to chloride salinity, sulfate salinity and calcium in pot experiments. American Potato Journal 65, 85–90 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02867456

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