Genetic and cultural management solutions to improve potato storage quality

Authors: Bethke, Paul

Submitted to: Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Associaiton Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/15/2015
Publication Date: 3/5/2015
Citation: Bethke, P.C. 2015. Genetic and cultural management solutions to improve potato storage quality. Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Associaiton Conference Proceedings. 28:29-34.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Potato storage quality is most easily described in terms of tuber attributes that maintain the value of the harvested crop. Among these attributes are attractive appearance, low shrink, low incidence of bruising and, for chip and fry processing varieties, specific gravity and reducing sugars appropriate for the target product. Maintenance of these favorable traits, in practice, means growing and storing each variety using best management practices tailored to the variety that take into account field characteristics, year-to-year variation in growing conditions, storage facility characteristics, and skill level of personnel at each step in the yearly production cycle.