3. Potato Growing - Agronomy Society of New Zealand

Immediately below are PDF files of individual papers from the Agronomy Society of New Zealand Special Publication No. 3 published in 1985 from the Potato growing: A changing scene symposium held in conjunction with the New Zealand Potato Board 2nd National Potato Industry Convention in June 1983.

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	A.	Foreword A.G. Wilcox p. iii
	B.	Preface G.S. Wratt p. iv
Part I. Management
	1.	Potato agronomy - an overview R.A. Genet pp. 3-9
	2.	Mechanisation in potato production G.G. Lindsay pp. 11-16
	3.	Irrigation response of potatoes P.D. Jamieson pp. 17-20
Part II. Cultivars
	4.	Potato breeding in New Zealand R.A. Genet and J.A.D. Anderson pp. 23-27
	5.	Techniques for the design of potato cultivar trials N.S. Mountier pp. 29-31
Part III. Seed
	6.	Pathogen tested potatoes in New Zealand I. Production of pathogen tested seed S.D. Martin pp. 35-37
	7.	Pathogen tested potatoes in New Zealand II. Field evaluation G.E. Ovenden, J.A.D. Anderson, S.D. Armstrong and W.J.P. Mitchell pp. 39-42
	8.	Potato production from true seed: is there a future? J.A.D. Anderson and R.C. Flint pp. 43-45
Part IV. Pathogens
	9.	Tuber-borne diseases of potatoes J. Hedley and R.C. Close pp. 49-54
	10.	Recent New Zealand studies on the chemical control of late blight of potatoes W.F. Hartill and K. Young pp. 55-60
	11.	*The potato moth Phthorimaea operculella* (Zeller) - its habits, damage potential and management** S.L. Goldson and R.M. Emberson pp. 61-66
	12.	Potato cyst nematode in New Zealand J.W. Marshall and M. Spink pp. 67-70
	13.	Bibliography of potatoes in New Zealand M.A. Warwick, F.D. Bills and G.S. Wratt pp. 71-80