The effect of stem population on tuber yield in a trial with single-stem seed pieces |
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Authors: | P S Hammes |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Production, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa |
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Abstract: | Summary Excised eyes on 5 g of seed tuber tissue were used to grow plants with single stems. These were transplanted in the field
at densities of 120 000, 180 000 and 240 000 plants/ha, with in-row spacings of 16 or 33 cm. Total tuber yield was not affected,
although more tubers were produced at the high densities. Tuber numbers did not increase in proportion to the number of stems.
This was due to the fact that the number of tubers per stem decreased from a mean of 4.8 to 2.9 with increasing stem populations. |
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Keywords: | tuber number stem population |
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