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Potato Yield and Tuber Shape as Affected by Severe Soil‐Moisture Deficits and Plant Spacing 1
Author(s) -
Robins J. S.,
Domingo C. E.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1956.00021962004800110003x
Subject(s) - moisture stress , yield (engineering) , agronomy , growing season , water content , moisture , horticulture , plant growth , biology , cracking , chemistry , materials science , geology , composite material , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
Synopsis Total and U.S. No. 1 grade yield of Russet Burbank variety potatoes was reduced up to 30% and 58%, respectively, by soil‐moisture stress. Spindled tubers resulted from stress at any time following tuber initiation. Location and intensity of the growth constriction corresponded to the time and intensity of the imposed stress. Late‐season stress hastened maturity and reduced growth cracking whereas mid‐season stress increased growth cracking. Knobby second‐growth was essentially independent of moisture in these experiments. Reduced stem populations resulted in a lower yield and number of tubers and a higher percentage of tubers with knobby second‐growth and growth cracks.