Claim · model-written summary
Pre-plant K acetate increased marketable tuber yield relative to pre-plant KCl in both years.
- Taxon
- Mesa Russet potatoese1
- Treatment
- KAc PPe0
- Outcome
- marketable tuber yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- in both yearse0
- Comparator
- KCl PP treatmente0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValue
Verbatim
e0“KAc PP and KAc F treatments increased total tuber yield and marketable tuber yield (> 114 g) compared to KCl PP treatment in both years”
e1“production of Mesa Russet potatoes”
Title
Salah M. Abdelsalam; Samuel YC Essah; Jessica G. Davis American Journal of Potato Research 2025. doi:10.1007/s12230-025-10022-w
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Pre-plant K acetate increased total tuber yield relative to pre-plant KCl in both years.
- Intervention effect Foliar K acetate increased total tuber yield relative to pre-plant KCl in both years.
- Intervention effect Foliar K acetate increased marketable tuber yield relative to pre-plant KCl in both years.
- Intervention effect K treatments showed no consistent impacts on measured potato tuber quality traits.
- Intervention effect K treatments showed no consistent impacts on measured potato growth traits.
- Observation The authors conclude that supplemental K acetate improves Mesa Russet tuber yield.
- Recommendation The authors call for research on the mechanism of K acetate yield gains.