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A study of the factors influencing size of potato tubers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. H. Bates
G. H. Bates
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(Norfolk Department of Agricultural Education.)
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Spacing influences yield in that, beyond certain limits, the decrease in yield is proportionate to the increase in distance between the setts.

The limit to distance between the setts beyond which yield will fall varies with size of seed.

Seed size influences yield, large seed giving higher yields than small seed with the same spacing.

Size of seed influences the size of tubers produced. Small seed gives larger individual tubers than large seed with the same spacing.

Large seed possesses a greater number of sprouts per tuber than medium or small seed. Thus large seed gives rise to a greater number of true plants within the “hill”.

The greater the number of true plants in the “hill” the greater will be the number of tubers produced by the “hill” and the smaller will be their individual size.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1935 , pp. 297 - 313
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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