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3. Potato Growing

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