Guide to Commercial Potato Production on the Canadian Prairies

 
 
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The Guide to Commercial Potato Production on the Canadian Prairies is a comprehensive guide to potato production and management. It provides up-to-date information for potato producers. The guide includes sections on botany; marketing and costs; varieties; seed selection, storage and cutting; planting management; field selection, soil management and fertility; irrigation; pest management; sprout inhibition in the field; harvest management; storage management; organic and pesticide free production; gourmet potato production and seed potato production. The Guide also includes color photos for weed, insect and disease identification.
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Table of Contents

Botany of the potato plantSprout inhibition in the field
Potato marketing and cost of productionHarvest management
Chemical maturity
Commercial potato production managementVine killing
VarietiesBruise prevention
Seed selection and purchase;
Seed cutting and planting ratesPotato storage management
Planting managementStorage structures and ventilation
Storage cycle
Field selection, soil management and fertilityStoring chemically immature potatoes
Field selection; crop rotationCIPC sprout inhibition
Herbicide residues and re-cropping
Field preparationFood safety
Soil conservation
Fertility and fertilizersGourmet potato production
IrrigationSeed potato production management
Seed Potato Act and Regulations
Pest ManagementSeed potato production practices
Pesticide resistance managementSeed selection, cutting, planting,
fertility and weed control
Insect managementDisease prevention, roguing,
insect and irrigation
management
Colorado potato beetleHarvest and storage
management
Flea beetle
AphidsPost harvest testing
Leafhoppers
WirewormSeed grading and marketing
Variegated cutworm
Weed management
Disease management
Bacterial
Fungal
Viral
Environmental
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Shelley Barkley.
This information published to the web on January 11, 2005.
Last Reviewed/Revised on January 12, 2011.