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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:37:32 -0600
There are two compounds that growers use to treat tubers for
prevention of sprouting; Maleic Hydrazide (MH) and CIPC. MH is
applied in the field several weeks before harvest, CIPC is applied to the tubers
as they're placed in storage. Both are meant to prevent sprouting but are
effective only when storage conditions are appropriate. That means the tubers
will overcome the sprout inhibitor under favorable conditions for growing. But I
wouldn't want to try using them for seed potatoes because it could impact their
development. They certainly wouldn't be acceptable as organic
seedstock.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food
Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
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[Market-farming] seed potato sources,
carol wilson, 02/18/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources,
Sharon and Steve, 02/19/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources, Willie McKemie, 02/19/2007
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [Market-farming] seed potato sources, carol wilson, 02/18/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources,
DFORD8N, 02/19/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources, Bill Shoemaker, 02/19/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources, Sharon and Steve, 02/19/2007
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[Market-farming] seed potato sources,
carol wilson, 02/19/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources, Sharon and Steve, 02/20/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] seed potato sources,
Sharon and Steve, 02/19/2007
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