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Pre-planting Treatment of Seed Potato Tuber Pieces to Break Dormancy, Control Tuber Piece Decay and Improve Yield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Mysore N. Shashirekha  and
Pattisapu Narasimham
Mysore N. Shashirekha
Affiliation:
Post-harvest Technology Laboratory, Area of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation Crops, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India
Pattisapu Narasimham
Affiliation:
Post-harvest Technology Laboratory, Area of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation Crops, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India
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Summary

Laboratory experiments and field tests were used to study the effects of seven anti-microbial agents and a trace element salt mixture (TEM) on the decay of cut pieces of seed potatoes. The effect of a mixture of gibberellic acid and ethrel (GA + E), TEM, and TEM with GA + E on the sprouting behaviour and yield of tubers was also studied. All the anti-microbial agents inhibited decay, although TEM and oxine were superior to other treatments. There was an increase in crop yield when seed tubers were treated with TEM. In laboratory tests, the GA + E mixture and TEM were effective in breaking dormancy.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 27 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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