Implementing novel, cost effective alternatives to CIPC for sustainable potato storage

马铃薯是英国和世界各地的主要作物，消费者和加工者全年都需要马铃薯。由于季节性生产，长期储存是必要的，在此期间，块茎必须保持良好的品质，以供新鲜食用和加工。马铃薯块茎是天然的越冬结构，具有在储存期间恢复生长的趋势，导致发芽的农产品由于成分变化（例如糖水平增加）而不适合加工。多种策略被用来延长休眠期，最大限度地减少发芽和浪费，包括使用发芽抑制剂，如氯苯胺灵。发展可行的替代策略，以保持块茎和鳞茎在adornament状态和长期抑制发芽是行业的首要任务。马铃薯块茎的长期储存对全年供应至关重要。在储存期间保持发芽抑制和低还原糖对于供应质量和最大限度地减少丙烯酰胺的形成至关重要;这是加工行业的关键优先事项。马铃薯储存仍然严重依赖化学品氯苯胺灵（CIPC）来管理发芽，但进一步的限制正在生效，其未来的注册正在审查中。已注册的替代品正在变得可用，但业界对功效、成本和潜在的污染问题（最终产品风味和消费者可接受性的关键问题）表示担忧。拟议的工作将建立在最近的研究基础上，开发新的，具有成本效益的，良性的，有生理针对性的储存干预措施，这些措施将抑制发芽并保持低糖。这提供了一个途径，以逐步减少，并最终消除CIPC在英国和超越。

Potato is a major UK and worldwide crop required year-round by consumers and processors. Due to seasonal production,long term storage is necessary, during which tubers must be maintained with good quality for fresh consumption andprocessing. Potato tubers are natural over-wintering structures with a tendency to resume growth during storage, resultingin sprouted produce that is unsuited to processing due to compositional changes such as increased sugar levels. Multiplestrategies are used to extend dormancy and minimise sprouting and waste, including the application of sproutsuppressants such as chlorpropham. Development of viable alternative strategies to maintain tubers and bulbs in adormant state and long-term suppression of sprouting are top industry priorities. Long-term storage of potato tubers isessential for year round supply. Maintaining sprout suppression and low reducing sugars during storage is essentialparamount for supply quality and minimising the formation of acrylamide; key priorities for the processing industry. Potatostorage is still heavily reliant on the chemical chlorpropham (CIPC) to manage sprouting but further restrictions are cominginto force and its future registration is under scrutiny. Registered alternatives are becoming available, but there areindustry concerns over efficacy, cost and potential taint issues (a key issue problem for end product flavour and consumeracceptability). The proposed work will build upon recent research into developing novel, cost effective, benign,physiologically-targeted storage interventions which will suppress sprouting and maintain low sugar. This offers a route toincremental reduction in and ultimately the elimination of CIPC within the UK and beyond.