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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Potato production"”.
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Zinc in potato production
Zinc deficiencies have been reported from the states of Washington, Idaho, North Dakota and Texas. The deficiencies are reported to be localized in areas where the parent material of soil is low in zinc content or where the topsoil has been removed by landleveling or lost through erosion. There is …
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Effect of Nitrogen Rates, Planting Dates, and Irrigation Regimes on Potato Production in the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Potatoes in the Eastern Shore of Virginia are traditionally planted between late February and early April and harvested between early June and late August. Potato prices are usually higher early into the harvest season and decrease slowly as the season progresses. Early planting dates are desirable …
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The economic impact of electricity price increases on the potato industry in South Africa
… on what the true impact will be on agricultural production and market prices. The main objective of this study was to quantify the true impact of higher electricity tariffs on production and market prices within the potato industry. The study focused on the potato producing regions of the …
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Adoption Analysis and Impact Evaluation of Potato IPM in Ecuador
… and the economic impacts of IPM technologies on potato production in the province of Carchi. A model is estimated in which IPM adoption is discrete and ordered and pesticides expenditures are estimated as a function of education, farming experience, wealth, plot size and farmer being sick due to …
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Assessment of Soil, Yield and Yield Contributing Parameters of Potato in Legume Intercropping and Silicon Application in Texas, United States
Potatoes account for nearly 15 percent of all vegetable sales in the United States and have a total economic value of approximately $3.91 billion. Unfortunately, potato production and productivity are declining due to increased pests, diseases, and climate change threats. Potatoes are particularly …
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Application of silicon to improve yield and quality of potatoes (Solanum Tuberrosum L.)
The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crop serves as a staple food worldwide and is capable of reducing the world’s food shortages because unlike cereals and other agricultural crops, it is less affected by prices in the international markets. Research on alleviation of food crises suggested root and …
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Plant Medicine: The Use of Medicinal Plants as Green Manures in the Treatment of Streptomyces scabies Infection and Potato Scab Disease
<p>Potato scab disease is caused by the pathogen <em>Streptomyces</em> <em>scabies</em> and leads to significant crop losses annually worldwide. There is growing public and scientific concern regarding the human and environmental safety with the use of many pesticides and current disease control …
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Effects of access to information on farmer's market channel choice: The Case of Potato in Tiraque Sub-watershed (Cochabamba - Bolivia)
In Bolivia, potato production and marketing is important for farmers' livelihoods and anecdotal information shows that cell phones and women are extremely important in the potato marketing chain. Efforts to improve incomes of poor highland potato producers should recognize roles of different actors …
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Composted dairy manure and arbuscular mycorrhizae influence on weed competition and potato yield
Potatoes are an important global food crop typically produced in high-input systems in temperate zones. Growers that have access to compost may use it to improve soil health and increase tuber yields, but compost may also impact microbial communities, weed competition, weed seed fecundity, …
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Studio dei meccanismi molecolari coinvolti nel determinismo sintomatologico di piante infette da virus e virus-satelliti
… of PVYNTN strains present in Italy and causing potato tuber necrosis. This, to prevent their spread in the field and to avoid severe yield losses, especially in seed potato production. We tried to localize the particular genomic region responsible for tuber necrosis. To this purpose, we carried …
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Future crop suitability assessment and the integration of Orphan crops into Kenya's food systems
… finger millet, common bean, broad bean and sweet potato, within three time periods: historical (1980-2009), near term (2010- 2039) and midcentury (2040-2060). To further understand the influence soil pH has on the climate suitability of these five crops, QGIS was used to overlap Ecocrop …
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Engineering durable late blight resistance to protect solanaceous plants
… oomycete pathogen responsible for late blight of potato and tomato, is regarded as the biggest threat to global potato production and is thought to cost the industry around £6 billion annually. Traditionally, fungicides have been used to control the disease, but this is both economically and …
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Development of genome editing in potato and tobacco
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the third most important food crop in the world (Dongyu, 2022). Fifty to sixty percent of global potato production is intended for human consumption (Raji, 2020) and is shifting from fresh potatoes to processed food products (Devaux et al., 2020). However, the potato …
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The effects of fertilisers, particularly foliar applied, on the potato plant's tolerance of attack by the potato cystnematodes, <i>Globodera rostochiensis</i> and <i>G. pallida</i>
Potato cyst nematodes, PCN, cause major yield loss in commercial potato production. One of the mechanisms of yield loss cited is a reduction in the uptake of the major nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). For the work described in this thesis, it was hypothesised that nutrient …
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A functional study of the<em> Phytophthora infestans</em> Avr3a alleles and paralogs
… infestans, is the most significant threat to potato production world-wide. Identifying and deploying more durable host resistance to P. infestans is a promising way forward to sustain the production of potato. To achieve this goal, it is important to seek key pathogen components that are …
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Soil microbial community dynamics associated with agricultural crops
… via their growth, root exudation and litter production, are critical to the maintenance and growth of soil microbe populations. Despite their close association and importance to global agriculture, our understanding of the interactions between crop plants and their associated soil microbial …
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Pemanfaatan bakteri endofit sebagai pupuk hayati terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman kentang (Solanum tubeosum) pada fase vegetatif
… diameter batang pada fase vegetatif . ENGLISH: Potatoes are one of the main foods of the world. Potato production in Indonesia has decreased due to less efficient fertilization; thus, we need a more effective fertilization technique by utilization of biological fertilizers of endophytic …
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Evaluación financiera del sistema de distribución de la producción de pequeños agricultores de papa en Sabana Centro Cundinamarca
En Colombia la agricultura es una actividad que aporta significativamente al crecimiento económico, la papa es uno de los principales cultivos, siendo el segundo de mayor importancia a nivel nacional. La producción de este tubérculo ocupó el 3,3% del PIB Agropecuario del país en el año 2019, razón …