Claim · model-written summary
Harvesting remaining potatoes after some plants show rot may save part of the crop.
- Taxon
- Potato
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Outcome
- by harvesting the rest, save a portion of the crope0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Potato Rot”
e0“having seen that some plants are rotting, he can then, by harvesting the rest, save a portion of the crop.”
Title
W. G. Farlow Bulletin of the Bussey Institution 1874. doi:10.5962/p.355230
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Potato rot appears around early August in the stated latitude.
- Observation In severe outbreaks, potato foliage and tubers can decay within hours.
- Observation Severe potato rot occurred in 1842 and 1845 and affected regions in North America and Europe.
- Observation Potato rot recurred after 1845, with considerable damage in 1874 but less violence than in the earlier outbreaks.
- Observation In milder potato rot, brown leaf and stem spots spread and rotting can eventually involve a whole field.
- Association Potato rot outbreaks are associated with damp weather and have not been reported in a dry season.