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The effects of consolidating the soil beneath potato seed tubers and of inter-row grubbing on the growth and yield of the crop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. L. Beveridge ,
F. Hanley  and
R. H. Jarvis
J. L. Beveridge
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
F. Hanley
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
R. H. Jarvis
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
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Extract

1. Three experiments designed to investigate the effects of consolidation and aeration of soil beneath potato seed tubers before planting, and inter-row grubbing after planting, on the growth and yield of potatoes are described and the results discussed.

2. Consolidation of furrows beneath seed tubers by tractor wheels at planting had no effect on total weight of ware-size tubers produced but increased the weight of mis-shapen waresize tubers. It is argued that this effect was related to soil moisture content and tilth at planting time.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 55 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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References

Blake, G. R., Boelter, D. H., Adams, E. P. & Aase, J. K. (1960). Amer. Potato J. 37, 409.CrossRefGoogle Scholar