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."

Auteur
Dr. Jeffrey StarkProfessor and Director, University of Idaho Potato Variety Development ProgramDepartment of Plant, Soil, and Entomological SciencesUniversity of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844
Dr. Mike ThorntonProfessor, Plant PhysiologistDepartment of Plant, Soil and Entomological SciencesUniversity of Idaho, Parma, ID 83660
Dr. Phillip NolteExtension Professor of Plant Pathology, EmeritusUniversity of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844

Contenu

Preface

Introduction

1.1. The Origin of Potato Production Systems Love (Stark Ed.)

2.2. Potato Growth and Development Thornton (Thornton Ed.)

3.3. Variety Selection and Management Stark, Love, Novy, Thompson (Stark Ed.)

4.4. Seed Production and Certification Nolte, Whitworth (Nolte, Ed.)

5.5. Field Selection, Crop Rotations & Soil Management Stark, Pavek, Thornton (Stark Ed.)

6.6. Alternative/Organic Management Systems Moore (Stark Ed.)

7.7. Seed and Planting Management Pavek, Bohl (Nolte Ed.)

8.8. Nutrient Management Hopkins (Stark Ed.)

9.9. Disease Management Nolte, Wharton, Miller (Nolte Ed.)

10.10. Nematode Management Hafez (Nolte Ed.)

11.11. Insect Pests and Their Management Wenninger, Rashed (Nolte Ed.)

12.12. Weed Management Hutchinson (Nolte Ed.)

13.13. Irrigation Management Stark (Stark Ed.)

14.14. Physiological Disorders Thornton, Olsen (Thornton Ed.) 15.15. Tuber Quality Stark, Knowles, Olsen (Thornton Ed.) 16.16. Harvest Management Thornton (Thornton Ed.)

17.17. Storage Management Olsen (Thornton Ed.)

18.18. Principles of Economics and Marketing Guenthner (Thornton Ed.)

19.19. Cost of Production Patterson (Stark Ed.)

20.20. Processing and Nutrition (Thornton Ed.) Index