American Journal of Potato Research最新文献

Bactericera cockerelli is a key pest in potato fields throughout the Americas. Yellow sticky traps are widely used for monitoring B. cockerelli within fields and regions. However, these traps lack specificity, which reduces their effectiveness and longevity. Using a mesh to cover their surface is a simple and efficient alternative to improve this limitation. Nevertheless, mesh traits may influence their effectiveness and there are currently no studies examining this for B. cockerelli. Two outdoor experiments were performed to evaluate the capture of B. cockerelli using twelve mesh colors and three sizes. Unmeshed traps were used as control. Additionally, the cleanliness of the traps (nontarget organisms and debris) was also evaluated. The experiments showed that yellow and medium (2.6 mm² hexagon-shape grooves)/large (4.5 mm² diamond-shape grooves) meshes did not significantly reduce the number of B. cockerelli caught and increased the trap cleanliness. Two additional experiments validated these traits. This study provides new useful insights for monitoring B. cockerelli with yellow traps.

The accumulation of cull potato piles is a concern because they take up space and harbor potato-associated pathogens. Black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, larvae are an increasingly popular agent for converting organic wastes into ingredients for animal feeds. In this investigation, their ability to process cull potato waste was assessed. Potato tubers were suitable for larval development, but only following their disintegration through thermal or mechanical means. Optimal bioconversion was observed when potato substrate was provided at a rate of 1 g per larva. The presence of ground turkey meat and sawdust was generally beneficial to larval development and biomass accumulation. The presence of potato foliage in diet showed no negative effects on larval development and there was no glycoalkaloid bioaccumulation in larval tissues. Evidence from this investigation suggests that culled potato waste may be recycled using black soldier fly larvae.

The increased use of dicamba and glyphosate-tolerant soybean (Glycine max L.) may result in off-target exposure and damage to nearby seed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants. If daughter tubers from herbicide-exposed mother plants are used for seed the following year, daughter plant growth and production may be influenced by the herbicides carried over in the tubers used as seed. The objective of this study was to determine the effects from 'Atlantic' and 'Dakota Pearl' mother plants that were exposed to glyphosate, dicamba, or the combination of glyphosate and dicamba the previous year at the tuber initiation stage on daughter tubers planted as seed. Daughter plants from mother plants that were sprayed with glyphosate at 197 g ha⁻¹ or the combination of glyphosate at 197 g ha⁻¹ and dicamba at 99 g ha⁻¹ had delayed emergence at eight weeks after planting, shorter plants from five to nine weeks after planting, and lower total yield when compared to the non-treated. Daughter plants from mother plants that were sprayed with glyphosate at 197 g ha⁻¹ had the lowest marketable yield, which was less than all other treatments except when daughter plants were from mother plants that were sprayed with the combination of glyphosate at 197 g ha⁻¹ and dicamba at 99 g ha⁻¹. The two chipping cultivars differed in response for plant emergence at five, six, and seven weeks after planting and for canopy development eight weeks after planting. Results suggested that sublethal exposure of glyphosate and dicamba to chipping seed potatoes (mother plants) at the tuber initiation stage the previous year, can influence the growth and development of daughter plants to affect total and marketable yield.

Svalöf is a yellow-skinned, light yellow-fleshed, high-yielding table potato cultivar for the high latitude of Scandinavia, showing partial resistance to Phytophthora infestans (causing late blight) and same specific gravity as the mealy cultivar King Edward, which is preferred in the fresh market by consumers in Sweden. It was selected as breeding clone SLU 1314015 in the first clonal generation (T₁) at the late-blight prone site of Mosslunda (Skåne, southern Sweden) in October 2015. The cross for obtaining it was made by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 2013 involving the breeding clone D09 1:2 1701 as female parent and the Dutch cultivar Carolus as male parent. Svalöf show very large, round-oval tubers with shallow eyes and smooth skin. Its tuber yield averaged above 6%, 23%, 25% and 59% of Dutch cultivars Connect, Fontane, Carolus and Bintje, respectively, across multi-site trials in Sweden. Its unstable reducing sugar in the tuber flesh, as determined by multi-site testing, suggests that it will not be suitable for the crisp or chip processing. SLU’s Svensk potatisförädling is seeking registration to be included in the Svenska Sortlistan, which lists cultivars available and is a pre-condition for certification of planting materials in the European Union. The release of Svalöf as new potato cultivar will be the first entirely bred for this crop in Sweden since the mid-1990s.

Verticillium wilt affects potato fields in Manitoba where 80% of the fields are planted to the moderately susceptible cultivar, Russet Burbank. An accurate determination of Verticillium dahliae inoculum in soil is critical for disease management. In this study, we investigated the presence of microsclerotia-producing Verticillium species in potato fields in Manitoba and compared published quantitative real-time PCR assays for V. dahliae, V. tricorpus and V. longisporum against a traditional plating method. Selected real-time PCR assays could differentiate and quantify the major microsclerotia-producing species, V. dahliae, V. tricorpus and V. longisporum. Results showed that the presence of V. tricorpus caused an overestimation of V. dahliae propagule density when using the plating method. As a result, Verticillium wilt severity was negatively related to cfu from traditional plating, while positive with the amounts of V. dahliae genomic DNA in soils.

Potato tuber lenticels are essential components of the potato skin. This review draws on more than a century of published literature to give a comprehensive overview of potato tuber lenticels. This review describes the development and structure of lenticels, as well as the number of lenticels per tuber. Lenticels facilitate gas exchange between the atmosphere and the interior of the tuber, and data on lenticel permeability to oxygen and carbon dioxide are summarized. Conditions that promote proliferation of filling cells and lenticel enlargement are described in the context of laboratory experiments and observations from the field. Lenticels are potential sites of infection by plant pathogens including common scab, powdery scab and late blight. Research demonstrating interactions between lenticels and various diseases is presented, with an emphasis on potato soft rot. Many aspects of lenticel biology remain poorly understood and a few compelling unanswered questions are highlighted.

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BARI Alu-86 (12.13) is a potato variety with medium maturity (92.2 days) and rapid tuber bulking which makes it fit for early and full-season harvest. The Tuber Crops Research Centre of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute released it in 2019 as a result of a cross between BARI Alu-50 and CIP 389429.31. In early season harvest, this variety produced an average of 29.0 t/ha potato, which was 30.0% greater than the popular early bulking check variety Granola. This variety yielded 45.7 t/ha tuber yield during full-season harvest, which was 36.8 and 39.7% higher than widely used table purpose check cultivars Diamant and Asterix, respectively. The BARI Alu-86 variety is famed for its delicious qualities as well as its visually appealing tubers with red skin, long oval shape, shallow eyes, and cream-coloured flesh. Average combined sensory ratings (16.1 out of 19) were very similar to Lady Rosetta. It had an average dry matter content of 18%, specific gravity of 1.072, and starch content of 20.9 mg/g. BARI Alu-86 also showed some promise as an export variety, as it produced smooth skin large tubers (63.9% > 40 mm diameter) with an average weight of 120–250 g per tuber. This variety had minimal weight and rotting losses, as well as a nice tuber, look after 90 days of storage. It also had long dormancy periods (80–85 days). This variety has no cases of hollow heart, cracking, PVX, early blight, late blight, stem rot, stem canker, black leg, or bacterial wilt. However, a lower percentage of PLRV, PVY, common scab and cutworm infestation occurred.

Potato residue is rich in dietary fiber (DF) but low in soluble dietary fiber (SDF), and modification is required to generate high-quality DF. In this study, enzymatic modification was performed to produce high-quality DF. The composition, structure, and absorption characteristics of original potato residue dietary fiber (O-DF) was compared with potato residue DF modified using cellulase (C-DF), xylanase (X-DF), and cellulose-xylan complex enzyme (D-DF). The results showed that all products contained five monosaccharides, but the contents of each monosaccharide differed significantly (p < 0.05). Compared with O-DF, levels of cellulose and hemicellulose in C-DF, X-DF, and D-DF were reduced. The network structure of C-DF, X-DF, and D-DF was damaged, and these changes were most significant for D-DF. At pH 7, the cholesterol adsorption capacity of C-DF, X-DF, and D-DF was higher than that of O-DF. DF glucose absorption capacity in 50, 100, and 200 mmol/L glucose solution was ordered D-DF > X-DF > C-DF > O-DF. In conclusion, enzymatic modification with cellulase, xylanase, and cellulase–xylanase can improve SDF content in potato residue, providing a theoretical basis for the future application of modified potato residue DF in the food industry.