Effect of fumigation of potato seed tubers with 2-aminobutane on plant growth and yield

C. E. Quinn; P. C. Harper; D. C. Graham

doi:10.1007/BF02360417

Effect of fumigation of potato seed tubers with 2-aminobutane on plant growth and yield

C. E. Quinn^*, P. C. Harper, D. C. Graham

^*Corresponding author for this work

Central Faculty

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Abstract

From 1968 to 1973, 13 field experiments were carried out to discover any effects of fumigation of seed tubers with 2-aminobutane (used for tuber disease control) on subsequent plant growth and yield. Nine experiments were done with tubers treated within 1 month of harvest, the remaining 4 with tubers stored for several months before treatment. In general, fumigation did not have any substantial effect on the growth pattern or the yield of the crop obtained from treated seed, although in most cases it was probable that there were small increases in the number of sprouting eyes, percentage emergence, stem number and in weight and number of seed tubers at harvest. However, these effects rarely reached levels which gave a statistically significant increase over crops grown from untreated material.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-155
Number of pages	9
Journal	Potato Research
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02360417
Publication status	Print publication - Jun 1976

Access to Document

10.1007/BF02360417

Cite this

@article{6b89efa9d68f463cb9573f3b3825aa17,

title = "Effect of fumigation of potato seed tubers with 2-aminobutane on plant growth and yield",

abstract = "From 1968 to 1973, 13 field experiments were carried out to discover any effects of fumigation of seed tubers with 2-aminobutane (used for tuber disease control) on subsequent plant growth and yield. Nine experiments were done with tubers treated within 1 month of harvest, the remaining 4 with tubers stored for several months before treatment. In general, fumigation did not have any substantial effect on the growth pattern or the yield of the crop obtained from treated seed, although in most cases it was probable that there were small increases in the number of sprouting eyes, percentage emergence, stem number and in weight and number of seed tubers at harvest. However, these effects rarely reached levels which gave a statistically significant increase over crops grown from untreated material.",

author = "Quinn, {C. E.} and Harper, {P. C.} and Graham, {D. C.}",

year = "1976",

month = jun,

doi = "10.1007/BF02360417",

language = "English",

volume = "19",

pages = "147--155",

journal = "Potato Research",

issn = "0014-3065",

publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effect of fumigation of potato seed tubers with 2-aminobutane on plant growth and yield

AU - Quinn, C. E.

AU - Harper, P. C.

AU - Graham, D. C.

PY - 1976/6

Y1 - 1976/6

N2 - From 1968 to 1973, 13 field experiments were carried out to discover any effects of fumigation of seed tubers with 2-aminobutane (used for tuber disease control) on subsequent plant growth and yield. Nine experiments were done with tubers treated within 1 month of harvest, the remaining 4 with tubers stored for several months before treatment. In general, fumigation did not have any substantial effect on the growth pattern or the yield of the crop obtained from treated seed, although in most cases it was probable that there were small increases in the number of sprouting eyes, percentage emergence, stem number and in weight and number of seed tubers at harvest. However, these effects rarely reached levels which gave a statistically significant increase over crops grown from untreated material.

AB - From 1968 to 1973, 13 field experiments were carried out to discover any effects of fumigation of seed tubers with 2-aminobutane (used for tuber disease control) on subsequent plant growth and yield. Nine experiments were done with tubers treated within 1 month of harvest, the remaining 4 with tubers stored for several months before treatment. In general, fumigation did not have any substantial effect on the growth pattern or the yield of the crop obtained from treated seed, although in most cases it was probable that there were small increases in the number of sprouting eyes, percentage emergence, stem number and in weight and number of seed tubers at harvest. However, these effects rarely reached levels which gave a statistically significant increase over crops grown from untreated material.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34250385379&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/BF02360417

DO - 10.1007/BF02360417

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:34250385379

SN - 0014-3065

VL - 19

SP - 147

EP - 155

JO - Potato Research

JF - Potato Research

IS - 2

ER -

Effect of fumigation of potato seed tubers with 2-aminobutane on plant growth and yield

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this