Vine desiccation characteristics and influence of time and method of top kill on yields and quality of four cultivars of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Vine desiccation characteristics and influence of time and method of top kill on yields and quality of four cultivars of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
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4个马铃薯品种的藤蔓干燥特性及顶杀时间和方式对产量和品质的影响
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2007
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D. Waterer
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D. Waterer
Potato crops are typically flailed or chemically desiccated several weeks prior to harvest to promote tuber maturity and facilitate harvest operations. This study evaluated how yields and processing quality of several potato cultivars responded to mechanical top kill versus desiccation with diquat at four different treatment dates. The influences of year and cultivar on the rate and extent of vine desiccation were also evaluated in the chemically desiccated crop. The cultivar Ranger Russet was slower to desiccate than Russet Burbank, Shepody or Russet Norkotah, likely because of its larger canopy. Averaged over 3 yr and four treatment dates, flailing reduced yields of the four cultivars tested by an average of 4% relative to chemical desiccation of the tops. The yield difference between flailed and chemically desiccated crops increased if conditions after application of the desiccant favored a gradual die down of the canopy. Specific gravities of the chemically desiccated treatments were equal to or highe...