Abstract
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) samples, cv. Desiree, were treated for sprout control and stored at 10 ± 1 C for 6 months. Those treated four times with HPP (hydrogen peroxide plus), applied with the “Tabor Atomizing System”, had a 0% rate of sprouting. Those treated with CIPC (chloro-isopropyl N-phenyl carbamate) also had no sprouting, while the nontreated control had 84%. A single treatment with HPP or CIPC resulted, after 6 months of storage at 10 ± 1, in sprouting rates of 61 and 58%, respectively, vs. 87% in the untreated control.
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Abbreviations
- CIPC:
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Chloropropham (chloro-isopropyl N-phenyl carbamate)
- HPP:
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Hydrogen peroxide plus
- MH:
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Maleic hydrazide
- TCNB:
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2,3,516-tetrachloronitrobenzene
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Afek, U., Orenstein, J. & Nuriel, E. Using HPP (hydrogen peroxide plus) to inhibit potato sprouting during storage. Am. J. Pot Res 77, 63–65 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853663
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