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Mineral nutrition

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The Potato Crop

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When considering the mineral nutrition of a crop, there are a number of questions the grower attempts to answer. For the immediate requirements of yield, it must be known what nutrients are limiting, and how much needs to be applied. Since the price of the product is dependent upon its quality, either in terms of its size, its dry matter content, its content of reducing sugars or some other characteristic required for specific market outlets, then the grower should know how these qualities may be affected by the fertilizers applied. He will usually know the price to be paid for the nutrient carriers used, but he should also know whether the form in which specific nutrients are applied affects the response to it in terms of yield and quality. Since he has to make a choice of how and when to apply the plant nutrients, he should also know how the placement and timing of the nutrient carriers he intends to use might be expected to influence yield and possibly tuber quality.

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Harris, P.M. (1992). Mineral nutrition. In: Harris, P.M. (eds) The Potato Crop. World Crop Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2340-2_4

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