Potato Crop Articles & Analysis
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Alistair Neill, a Prime Agriculture potato agronomist based in Norfolk, shares his four essential tips on getting potato crops off to the best start possible, beginning with ensuring good crop establishment.1. Cut back on cultivations Soil compaction can jeopardise potato establishment and yield because it ...
CPM finds out how digital agronomy tool Crop4Sight can help in all three areas as preparation for the 2023 season gathers paceIf you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail – an adage that is very relevant when thinking about potato crop establishment, with half the agronomy done and dusted before a seed piece drops into a ridge. ...
INTRODUCTION: CROP AREA ESTIMATION The two components of agricultural production estimation are crop area and yield estimation. ...
The main challenge for farmers at the end of the tuber initiation phase is to achieve a high number of tubers above 15 mm. Any tubers that do not reach this size shrink and disappear. The main challenge after the tuber initiation phase is to optimise the reserves and obtain a maximum of marketable ...
BKR Farms craved one system that would show their operation’s full financial picture. Having used several previous farm management systems that didn’t show him his full return on investment, Manager Ryan looked to Conservis to simplify and unite his data. Read on to see how Ryan maximizes profit through methods like scenario testing that show what best pays ...
Lately, banana growers have become increasingly concerned about Panama disease, which is spreading rapidly and threatening to wipe out their crops. The attackers, like many of the infectious agents that harm humans, are tiny but devastating fungi, bacteria and other microbial parasites. ...
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If left untreated, slugs can cost the potato industry £53 million each year. With predictions of a high pressure slug season ahead, and the potential damage these pests can do to a crop both physically and financially, Robert Boothman, commercial director of Boothmans Agriculture, explains how to keep one step ahead of the pest. ...
“Not only this, we have to remember that one slug has the ability to reproduce over four million offspring in a single year, and it’s juvenile slugs that are particularly active feeders, causing a high level of damage,” says Mr Sprunt. “Within potato crops, a very low pest and disease threshold is tolerated, only 3% in packed ...
This research included the records made since 1822 by the agricultural development organization CABI. Crop pests often emerge in one location, evolve and spread. That notorious potato pest the Colorado beetle, for instance, was first identified in the Rocky Mountains of the US in 1824. ...
There is increasing use of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) as a green manure in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) rotations; however, effects of its management on soil N supply to the subsequent potato crop are unknown. Fertilizer N management and plow-down date for a preceding Italian ryegrass crop, ‘Lemtal’, on soil N ...
In this study, we evaluated the effects of organic amendment history and crop rotation on potentially mineralizable N (N0), mineralizable N pools, and field estimates of soil N supply in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production, and evaluated a suite of N availability measures to detect changes in these parameters. Preplant soil samples (top 15-cm) were collected ...