Potato growth-environment relationships

✍ Scribed by J.R. Haun

• Book ID: 102621861
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Weight: 395 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-1571
• DOI: 10.1016/0002-1571(75)90029-1

✦ Synopsis

Methods were developed for quantification of morphological development of potato (Solanurn tuberosum, L.) Daily quantitative morphological observations made in South Carolina, Maine and North Dakota were regressed on the environmental variables maximum and minimum temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, and soil moisture. Delayed and curvilinear responses to the environment were represented in the multiple regression by use of lagged and transformed independent variables. A growth rate prediction model was applied to long term weather records for various areas to determine applicability of the model for evaluation of suitable seasonal periods and locations for potato production. Models of this type could be used to predict crop development relative to weather variables in established commercial areas, and to evaluate potential new areas suitable for potato production.