Potato Production Systems

This comprehensive guide to potato production systems management contains 20 chapters and more than 350 color photographs. Beginning with the history of potato culture, it spans all aspects of potato production, pest and planting management, storage, and marketing. Written by a team of over 35 scientists from North America, this book offers updated research-based information and serves as a unique, valuable tool for researchers, extension specialists, students, and farm managers. More than a description of principles, it contains practical analytical tools, charts, and methods to create guidelines for best production practices and cost estimates. Some key areas include: Potato Growth and Development, Potato Variety Selection and Management, Seed and Planting Management, Seed Production and Certification, Field Selection, Crop Rotation, and Soil Management, Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes, Potato Nutrient Management, Irrigation Management, Tuber Quality, Economics and Marketing, Production Costs, among others. Potato Production Systems should be a valuable reference for successful culture of the "noble tuber."

                  

List of contents

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. The Origin of Potato Production Systems.- 2. Potato Growth and Development.- 3. Variety Selection and Management.- 4. Seed Production and Certification.- 5. Field Selection, Crop Rotations & Soil Management.- 6. Alternative/Organic Management Systems.- 7. Seed and Planting Management.- 8. Nutrient Management.- 9. Disease Management.- 10. Nematode Management.- 11. Insect Pests and Their Management.- 12. Weed Management.- 13. Irrigation Management.- 14. Physiological Disorders.- 15. Tuber Quality.- 16. Harvest Management.- 17. Storage Management.- 18. Principles of Economics and Marketing.- 19. Cost of Production.- 20. Processing and Nutrition.- Index.

About the author

Dr. Jeffrey Stark

Professor and Director, University of Idaho Potato Variety Development Program

Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences

University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844

Dr. Mike Thornton

Professor, Plant Physiologist

Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences

University of Idaho, Parma, ID  83660

Dr. Phillip Nolte

Extension Professor of Plant Pathology, Emeritus

University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844

                      

Product details

Assisted by	Phillip Nolte (Editor), Jeffrey Stark (Editor), Jeffrey C. Stark (Editor), Mik Thornton (Editor), Mike Thornton (Editor)
Publisher	Springer, Berlin
Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	01.01.2020
EAN	9783030391560
ISBN	978-3-0-3039156-0
No. of pages	635
Dimensions	162 mm x 42 mm x 243 mm
Weight	1110 g
Illustrations	IX, 635 p. 352 illus., 343 illus. in color.
Series	Handbook of Plant Breeding
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany

Product details

• Assisted by: Phillip Nolte (Editor), Jeffrey Stark (Editor), Jeffrey C. Stark (Editor), Mik Thornton (Editor), Mike Thornton (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2020
• EAN: 9783030391560
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3039156-0
• No. of pages: 635
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 42 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 1110 g
• Illustrations: IX, 635 p. 352 illus., 343 illus. in color.
• Series: Handbook of Plant Breeding
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany