potato quality Articles
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Spanish grower / exporter very satisfied with sorting and washing installation - Case Study
Mateu very satisfied with washing and sorting installation DT Dijkstra has installed a washing installation at Mateu on Mallorca! Since 2000 they have been using a DT Dijkstra sorting installation to their complete satisfaction and recently a washing installation was added. Mateu wanted to become more flexible and deliver better quality potatoes. That is why in November 2015 they ordered a ...
By DT Dijkstra
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Potato yield and quality response to subsoil tillage and compaction
Compacted soils have been found in intensively cultivated vegetable crop regions of Central Wisconsin, resulting in the wide scale use of subsoil tillage by growers. The goal of this project was to assess potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield and quality response to soil compaction and subsoil tillage. Potato quality factors evaluated were marketable yield, tuber size distribution, internal ...
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Second generation European corn borer injury and Irish potato physiology, yield, and quality
European corn borer (ECB) [Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)] (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is known to infest Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) but only causes economic damage during the first generation in East Coast potato producing areas. However, in Nebraska, second generation ECB infest potato plants during the bulking period and may reduce yield and/or potato quality. Experiments were conducted in ...
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What’s your potato storage strategy?
With potato harvest nearing completion, the challenge will now be to maintain the condition of the crop, right up until supply to the customer. “It’s really worth stopping to consider that what you put into storage, is reflective of what you get out post-storage,” explains Morley Benson of Certis. “By this, I mean the quality of potatoes going into store, as well as the ...
By Certis UK
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How to Distinguish the Advantages and Disadvantages of Sweet Potato Starch?
How to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of sweet potato starch is a big problem for ordinary consumers. Based on years of research on sweet potato starch, GOODWAY sweet potato starch machine Engineering provides you with the following simple methods to help you easily identify the advantages and disadvantages of sweet potato starch: Method 1: Visual inspection for visually ...
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Principle and Process of Sweet Potato Starch Production
Sweet potato, also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, hawthorn, red glutinous rice, etc., is an excellent raw material for starch processing. The sweet potato starch production process is actually a physical separation process, which separates the cellulose, protein, inorganic salts and other substances in the raw materials from the starch. In the production process, starch is separated from ...
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Focus on taste and quality at Flevostar Potato - Case Study
Flevostar Potato's sorting line In August DT Dijkstra supplied a Sorting line with RT-2/5 sorting machine with hydraulic screen clamping system at Flevostar Potato in Dronten. This makes the delivery of the 1000th sorting machine a fact. Flevostar Dronten has been packaging and marketing potatoes for 25 years. In addition to the table potato and export market, the new company Flevostar ...
By DT Dijkstra
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Effects of low concentrations of herbicides on full-season, field-grown potatoes
Current phytotoxicity plant test protocols for US pesticide registration require testing for effects on seedling emergence and early growth without regard to other important factors, such as plant reproduction. Yield and quality reduction can have significant economic and ecological effects. Therefore, field trials were conducted to determine if potato (Solanum tubersum L.) vegetative growth and ...
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What is the Market Prospect of Sweet Potato Deep Processing?
Sweet potato is one of the world's major food crops and one of the four major crops in China. China is still in its infancy in the research and comprehensive development of the sweet potato utilization project. Most of the sweet potato products stay in the rough processing of sweet potato, sweet potato vermicelli and sweet potato starch. The value that sweet potato is not well known to most ...
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Ontario Horticulture Research Priority Report 2016
Sector Consultation The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association partnered with Vineland to host a research strategy workshop in November 2014 with the goal of defining the top five research priorities for each crop group. Grower organizations were invited to nominate two representatives to participate on their behalf and a number of researchers from relevant fields were invited to ...
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