Potato Production Systems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030391590 ISBN 13: 9783030391591

Publisher: Springer, 2021

Synopsis

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."

                  

About this title

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

                      

From the Back Cover

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."

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030391590
• ISBN 13: 9783030391591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 644
• Editor: Stark Jeffrey C., Thornton Mike, Nolte Phillip