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Potatoes
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family.
Potatoes are the world's fourth largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. They yield abundantly with little effort, adapting readily to diverse climates so long as the climate is cool and moist enough for the plants to gather sufficient water from the soil to form the starchy tubers.
The long-term storage of potatoes requires specialised care in cold warehouses, as they are vulnerable to moulds that feed on the stored tubers.
A sample of Items held in the Potatoes category
- Effects of mixed-isolate mycorrhizal inoculum on the potato-potato cyst nematode interaction
- Interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the nematicide aldicarb on hatch and development of the potatoe cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, and yield of potatoes
- Partial rootzone drying for irrigation of potatoes
- Control of potato cyst nematodes and economic benefits of application of 1,3-dichloropropene and granular nematicides
- Using plants to control potato cyst nematode
- Review. Building the Evidence Base: Potatoes a Low Impact Food Crop?
- Does repeated use reduce the persistence of nematicides?
- Mycorrhizal Fungi against Potato Cyst Nematodes: Understanding the Interaction and Potential for Integrated Pest Management
- Managing potato cyst nematode with pesticides
- Rhizoctonia diseases affecting the yield and quality of potatoes
There are currently no subcategories in the Potatoes section.
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