Growth of early potatoes from different portions of seed tubers II. Yield |
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Authors: | Alan W. McKeown |
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Affiliation: | 1. Horticultural Experiment Station, Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario, N3Y 4N5, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract: | Several of the recently released early-potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars used in Ontario have produced uneven stands which have been shown to be a result of delayed emergence from basal end seed pieces. A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of seed portions on the yield of three early potato cultivars, Jemseg, Superior and Yukon Gold. Yield of plants from basal seed pieces was lower than that from apical seed pieces or whole tubers for Jemseg and Yukon Gold during several sequential harvests. With Superior, cut seed portions yielded less than whole seed. Number of stems per plant was lower for basal plants of Jemseg. Tubers with strong apical dominance or dormancy such as Jemseg and Yukon Gold are prone to differences in yield among seed portions. |
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