irrigation · Yield · Solanum tuberosum (potato)

Effect of the Farm Irrigation upon the Growth of Some Crops · 1952

• positive
  Potato yield was largest with irrigation at growing time, at 117%.
• negative
  Potato yield was fewest with irrigation at blooming time, at 97%.

Effect of irrigation on the yield and scab infection of potato · 1970

• positive
  In 2004-2005, 12-day irrigation at 100% depletion produced the highest total yield, 27.56 t/ha.
• negative
  In 2004-2005, 7-day irrigation at 150% depletion gave the lowest total yield, 25.98 t/ha.
• no effect
  In 2005-2006, 12-day irrigation at 100% depletion produced total yield of 27.41 t/ha, statistically indistinguishable from 150% depletion.

  compared with water application of 150% depleted soil moisture and irrigation interval of 12 days

The control of common scab of potatoes by irrigation · 1970

• positive
  Irrigating after the marble stage increased yield.

cited by 2 papers here

Irrigation as a Practical Means to Control Potato Common Scab ( Streptomyces scabies ) · 1971

• positive
  Irrigation at Gleadthorpe in 1970 increased potato yields.
• no effect
  Irrigation did not increase tuber numbers of potato.

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A comparison of methods of seed tuber inoculation for assessing the susceptibility of potato cultivars to blackleg (Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica) in the field · 1986

• positive
  Irrigation improved potato yields.

Effects of Straw and Leaf Mulches and Trickle Irrigation on the Abundance of Colorado Potato Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Potato in Connecticut · 1993

• positive
  Trickle irrigation increased potato yield relative to the control.

  compared with the control

Influence of irrigation, nitrogen and seed piece spacing on yields and tuber size distribution of seed potatoes · 1997

• positive
  Irrigation raised yields of all tuber sizes in dry years but had less effect with normal precipitation.

Soil Management and Supplemental Irrigation Effects on Potato: I. Soil Properties, Tuber Yield, and Quality · 1999

• positive
  Irrigation treatments significantly increased total potato yield by 10 t/ha (36%) in 1994.
• positive
  Irrigation treatments significantly increased total potato yield by 11.6 t/ha (37%) in 1995.

cited by 1 paper here

Effect of irrigation and cropping system on potato (Solanum tuberosum) grown sole or intercropped with French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) · 2001

• positive
  Irrigation at an IW/CPE ratio of 1.6 gave the highest potato tuber yield, followed by the 1.2 ratio.

  compared with irrigation at 1.2 IW/CPE ratio

• negative
  Irrigation at an IW/CPE ratio of 0.8 gave the lowest potato tuber yield.
• negative
  Potato tuber yield under irrigation at critical growth stages was significantly lower than under the IW/CPE ratio of 1.6.

  compared with IW/CPE ratio of 1.6

'Norland' Tuber Yields Are Not Affected by Salinity Treatment of Parent Plants · 2001

• positive
  Irrigation with 60 mM NaCl increased total tuber number of seed tuber-derived potato plants by 77%.

  compared with nonsaline

• positive
  Irrigation with 60 mM NaCl increased total tuber number of microtuber-derived potato plants by 663%.

  compared with nonsaline

Study on Technology of Rapidly Producing Virus-Freed Potatoes · 2002

• positive
  A 250 mL drip bottle reduced culture vessel cost.

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR CLOSED-LOOP SITE-SPECIFIC IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT WITH CENTER PIVOTS · 2005

• positive
  Total tuber yield under site-specific irrigation management was significantly greater by approximately 4% than under conventional uniform management.

  compared with conventional uniform

cited by 1 paper here

COMPARISON OF SITE-SPECIFIC AND CONVENTIONAL UNIFORM IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT FOR POTATOES · 2006

• positive
  Total tuber yield per unit water was 4% greater under SSIM in 2001.

  compared with CUIM

• positive
  Gross income trended $159/ha greater under SSIM.

  compared with CUIM

• positive
  Total tuber yield per unit water was 6% greater under SSIM in 2002.

  compared with CUIM

• positive
  Tuber yield trended 4% greater under site-specific irrigation in both years without a significant difference.

  compared with CUIM

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Effect of mulch and drip irrigation on soil hydrothermal regime and potato yield(Solanum tuberosum L.) · 2009

• positive
  Across drip irrigation levels, mulch treatments averaged 28.6% higher potato yield than no-mulch drip irrigation.

  compared with no mulch drip irrigation treatment

Influence of irrigation and cultivation system on the yield, size and salubrity of potato tubers. · 2009

• positive
  Irrigation increased the share of tuber fraction above 6 cm in potato yield.
• positive
  Irrigation increased potato tuber yield by 5,3 t/ha (30,6%).

Effects of irrigation and nitrogen management for potato tuber yield, N recovery and N leaching. · 2010

• positive
  Intermittent seepage irrigation can maintain or increase tuber yield compared with TSI under suitable scheduling.

  compared with TSI

Integrated Supporting Techniques for the Cultural Practice "Deep Furrow+High Ridge+Plastic Mulching" in Spring Potato Production of Suizhou · 2011

• positive
  Deep furrow, high ridge and plastic mulching in spring potato in Suizhou gave a yield increase of up to 3 092.6 kg/667m2.

Study on the technology of drip-fertigation to winter-planting potato in Guangdong · 2012

• positive
  Drip fertigation significantly increased economic benefit.
• positive
  Drip fertigation without hilling had 9.8% higher net income than with hilling.

  compared with treatment which with

• positive
  Drip fertigation significantly increased potato tuber yield by 29.68%~33.04%.

  compared with traditional cultivation

INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION, PLANT RESISTANCE STIMULATOR BION 50 WG AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON YIELDS OF VERY EARLY POTATOES · 2012

• positive
  Irrigation increased total tuber yield by 37,7%.

Influence of Fertilizers, Pesticides and Technology of Irrigation On Efficiency of Potatoes and Environment Ecology · 2013

• positive
  Fertilizers with drip irrigation increased potato productivity by 14.6-53.2% relative to control.

  compared with control

Evaluation of needs and expected effects of sprinkler irrigation in potato cultivated in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region · 2013

• positive
  Irrigation on light soils was expected to raise potato tuber yield by over 15.7tha in those years.

Crop water use, nutrient content and uptake as influenced by irrigation and nitrogen management in potato (Solanum tuberosum) – maize (Zea mays) cropping system · 2013

• positive
  Conventional furrow irrigation significantly improved yield, nutrient uptake and consumptive use in the potato-maize system.
• positive
  Irrigation at 60 mm CPE significantly improved yield, nutrient uptake and consumptive use in the potato-maize system.

Effect of Organic Fertilizer and Dry Bread Yeast on Growth and Yield of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) · 2014

• positive
  Organic fertilisation as irrigation increased plant yield, with a value of 453.8 g.

  compared with control treatment

• positive
  Organic fertilisation as irrigation increased the number of tubers, with a value of 7.26.

  compared with control treatment

• positive
  Organic fertilisation as irrigation increased total yield, with a value of 18.152 Ton. H.

  compared with control treatment

Agro-techniques for increasing yield potential of potato (Solanum tuberosum) under drip irrigation · 2014

• positive
  Drip irrigation at 125% of open pan evaporation significantly maximized potato yield attributes and total tuber yield compared with furrow irrigation

  compared with furrow irrigation

Reponse of potato (Solanum tuberosum) on water management, weed management and integrated nutrient management · 2014

• positive
  Drip irrigation at 125% OPE gave significantly maximum yield attributes and tuber yield versus furrow irrigation.

  compared with furrow irrigation

Effects of Water Stress on Quantitative and Qualitative Properties of Potato Crop (Agria c.v.) in Deficit Irrigation and Partial Root Zone Drying Techniques · 2014

• positive
  Partial root zone drying improved harvest index and tuber size.

Drip irrigation for potatoes in rain fed agriculture - evalua- tion of drip tape/drip line positions and irrigation control strategies · 2014

• positive
  On sandy soils, placing drip tape on top of the ridge continuously increased potato yields without water leakage.

Optimization of Seed Potato Specific Density, Starch and Dry Matter Contents and Tuberization Capacity of Resultant Plants Through Integrated Irrigation, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management · 2015

• positive
  Integrating nitrogen up to 112.5 kg N/ha with 65% irrigation increased resulting tuber number by 3.4 and 5.4.

Effect of PE Film Mulching and Irrigation Method on the Growth, Yield and Antioxidant Activity for Potatoes Grown in Winter Season at Saemangeum Reclaimed Land · 2015

• positive
  Weekly drip irrigation increased potato yield over irrigation every two weeks.

  compared with drip irrigation with 2 weeks interval

Need for bilateral regulation of soil water regimes in nonblack-soil zone agriculture in Russia · 2015

• positive
  Watering fertilized potatoes twice during a dry vegetation period yielded provisional income of 32000 to 77000 rubles per hectare, even in wet 2012.

Research on Water-Saving Transformation in Nanchengguaizi Main Channel's Replenish Irrigation Area of Gukuo Project · 2015

• positive
  Drip irrigation increased potato output by 0–7,500 kg compared with spray irrigation.

  compared with spray irrigation

Performance’S Comparison Study Between Center Pivot Sprinkler And Surface Irrigation System · 2015

• positive
  Centre pivot irrigation increased yield of wheat and potato compared with surface irrigation.

  compared with surface irrigation (SI) system

Cumulative and residual effects of different potato cropping system management strategies on soilborne diseases and soil microbial communities over time · 2016

• positive
  Irrigation raised potato yield.

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Comparative effects of saline water on yield and quality of potato under drip and furrow irrigation · 2017

• positive
  Drip irrigation produced higher potato tuber yield with better quality than furrow irrigation, even at high salinity.

  compared with furrow method

• negative
  Tuber number per plant, tuber weight and tuber yield decreased with increasing salinity of irrigation water.

Effect of Shading Net and Interval of Watering Increase Plant Growth and Yield of Potatoes ‘Atlantic’ · 2017

• positive
  Without shade, potato yield was highest with watering every 2 days.
• positive
  Another result sentence reports highest shaded potato yield with watering every 3 days.
• positive
  Shaded potatoes had their highest yield with watering every 2 days.

cites 2 papers here

ALGORITHM OF RECEIVING HIGH YIELD OF POTATOES · 2018

• positive
  Irrigation increased Nevskiy productivity by 31.4%, from 17.5 to 23 t/ha.
• positive
  Irrigation increased Kortni yield by 105.3%, from 26.3 to 54.0 t/ha.

Effect of Crop and Non Crop Mulch Management under Varying Moisture Regimes on the Growth and Yield of Zero Tillage Potato in Rain-fed Low Land Rice Eco System · 2018

• positive
  Single irrigation produced more tubers per hill, 4.7 at harvest.
• positive
  Single irrigation at 40 DAP yielded 8.62 t/ha of fresh tubers, the maximum among schedules.

  compared with splash irrigation

• positive
  Single irrigation produced higher total dry matter, 221.84 g/m2.

Using of Magnetic Water Technology for the Management of Brown Rot Disease of Potato · 2018

• positive
  Magnetic water irrigation increased potato yield by 25.64% relative to tap water.

  compared with plants irrigated with TW

Water-Saving Irrigation Strategies in Potato Fields: Effects on Physiological Characteristics and Water Use in Arid Region · 2019

• positive
  Deficit irrigation increased fresh tuber yield of potato compared with PRD treatments.

  compared with PRD treatments

• positive
  Full irrigation increased fresh tuber yield of potato compared with PRD treatments.

  compared with PRD treatments

cited by 1 paper here

Cost-effectiveness of sprinkler irrigation of chosen early cultivars of potato grown on very light soil in Central Poland · 2019

• positive
  Sprinkler irrigation increased multiyear potato productivity by 43 to 191 %, depending on cultivar.

EFFECT OF PLANTING DATE, IRRIGATION LEVEL AND FOLIAR SPRAY WITH CALCIUM AND/OR BORON ON POTATO CROP PERFORMANCE 2. YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS, CRACKING PHENOMENON AND TUBER QUALITY · 2019

• positive
  The same combination raised average tuber weight, tuber number per plant, and tuber yield per plant.
• positive
  October planting, 100% field capacity irrigation, and Ca+B spray raised total tuber yield.
• positive
  Total tuber yield increased 177.82% in the second season under the same contrast.

  compared with planting on 20th Sep , irrigation with 50%FC and unsprayed plants

• positive
  Total tuber yield increased 253.75% in the first season relative to September planting, 50% field capacity and no spray.

  compared with planting on 20th Sep , irrigation with 50%FC and unsprayed plants

Justification of possibility of cultivating in moscow region two-crop culture of early potatoes · 2020

• positive
  In the second crop, adding natural concentrate of glauconite sands and watering increased the yield by 1.4 times relative to the control.

  compared with control variant

cited by 1 paper here

Potato Yield Gaps in North Korea and Strategies to Close the Gaps · 2020

• positive
  Vegetative-stage irrigation reduced year-to-year yield variation.
• positive
  Vegetative-stage irrigation reduced the yield gap, corresponding to 7.0 t ha−1 and 66.1%.

Relevance of long-jet sprinklers use when watering potatoes in the northwestern region conditions · 2020

• positive
  Metered irrigation in the first half of the season increased productivity of improved potato seed material.

Potato Growth and Yield Characteristics under Different Cropping System Management Strategies in Northeastern U.S. · 2021

• positive
  Irrigation raised tuber yields by 27–37% in all systems except SI.

cites 2 papers here

The Dependence of Crop Potatoes on the Level of Irrigation under Polish Conditions · 2021

• positive
  Irrigation increased the total tuber yield of potato at the second harvest by 7.23 t/ha.

  compared with without irrigation

• positive
  Irrigation increased the commercial tuber yield of potato at the first harvest by 3.45 t/ha.

  compared with without irrigation

• positive
  Irrigation increased the commercial tuber yield of potato at the second harvest by 7.42 t/ha.

  compared with without irrigation

• positive
  Irrigation increased the total tuber yield of potato at the first harvest by 3.22 t/ha.

  compared with without irrigation

Hydrogen Peroxide Supplementation in Irrigation Water Alleviates Drought Stress and Boosts Growth and Productivity of Potato Plants · 2021

• positive
  Oxygenated irrigation water boosted vegetative growth and productivity of potato, especially at 600 ppm with deficit irrigation.
• positive
  Oxygenated irrigation within the optimum irrigation level gave higher individual tuber weight, tuber number and tuber yield per plant and hectare.

Promotion of potato yield under moderate water deficiency at the seedling stage by modifying sink-source relationship · 2021

• positive
  Moderate seedling deficit irrigation ultimately raised potato yield.

Plant Endophytic Fungus Extract ZNC Improved Potato Immunity, Yield, and Quality · 2021

• positive
  Irrigation with ZNC increased potato output by 18.83% or more in two years of field trials.

Growing methods that promote the production of early potato products of the Udacha variety · 2021

• positive
  Drip irrigation with 20 or 30 g/plant glauconite sands gave maximum early yield.

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Effect of subsurface drip irrigation manners and percentages of moisture depletion on some hydraulic parameters and potato yield · 2021

• positive
  Potato total yield under PRD at 25% depletion was 28.628 Meg h-1.
• positive
  PRD at 25% depletion gave highest potato yield of 29.75 Meg h-1.
• negative
  Potato total yield under PRD at 50% depletion was 27.088 Meg ha-1.

Performance of some elite potato cultivars under abiotic stress at North Sinai · 2021

• positive
  Spunta pre-planting irradiation with 20 Gy and 80% field capacity irrigation increased average tuber weight and total yield per feddan.

Irrigation Effect on Yield, Skin Blemishes, Phellem Formation, and Total Phenolics of Red Potatoes · 2022

• positive
  Irrigation increased the total yield of Dark Red Norland potato by 20.6% compared with rainfed conditions

  compared with rainfed conditions

The effect of drip irrigation for potatoes on soil nitrogen dynamics · 2023

• positive
  On average across all years and varieties, yield of the irrigated variant increased by 41% compared with the non-irrigated variant.

  compared with non-irrigated variant

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Environmental and Agronomical Factors Limiting Differences in Potato Yielding between Organic and Conventional Production System · 2023

• positive
  Drip irrigation increased organic potato tuber yield by 25.5%.

Effect of Biofertilizer and Metribuzin on the Yield Traits of Potato under the Influence of Water Stress · 2023

• positive
  Irrigation every 7 days increased marketing yield to 20.85 and 22.08 tons ha -1.
• positive
  Irrigation every 7 days increased yield per plant, reported as 112.2 and 115.53 g Plant -1.

FORMATION OF PLANNED POTATO HARVESTS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE SOUTHERN URALS DEPENDING ON AGRO TECHNIQUES · 2023

• positive
  Watering increased Cavalier yield at 75x19 cm by 9.9 t/ha (33.1%).

  compared with option without watering

• positive
  Watering increased Cavalier yield at 75x14 cm by 10.4 t/ha (28.3 %).

  compared with option without watering

• positive
  Watering increased Cavalier yield at 75x33 cm by 7.4 t/ha (37.5%).

  compared with option without watering

The influence of irrigation on the productivity of domestic potato varieties in the conditions of the Pre-Kama region of the Republic of Tatarstan · 2024

• positive
  Irrigated Grand gave the maximum yield of 21.8 t/ha, 9.28 t/ha more than without watering.

  compared with without watering

cited by 2 papers here

Irrigation as an Effective Way to Increase Potato Yields in Northern China: A Meta-Analysis · 2024

• positive
  Irrigation increased potato yield by 45% versus non-irrigation.

  compared with non-irrigation

Investigating the water availability hypothesis of pot binding: small pots and infrequent irrigation confound the effects of drought stress in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) · 2024

• positive
  Increasing irrigation frequency from every other day to daily significantly increased fresh tuber yield in large pots only.

  compared with every other day

• no effect
  Increasing irrigation frequency to twice daily caused an insignificant increase in yield in large pots.

  compared with daily

• no effect
  Increasing irrigation frequency to twice daily was not sufficient to increase yield in small pots.

  compared with daily

Techniques for increasing potato productivity · 2024

• positive
  Integrated techniques significantly increased potato yield by 42-63%.

Developing a Hyperspectral Remote Sensing-Based Algorithm to Diagnose Potato Moisture for Water-Saving Irrigation · 2024

• positive
  Sufficient irrigation gave the highest tuber yield.

Effects of subsurface drip fertigation on potato growth, yield, and soil moisture dynamics · 2024

• positive
  The number of potato tubers per plant increased by 18.1% under subsurface drip fertigation.

  compared with conventional surface drip fertigation (CF)

• positive
  Potato tuber diameter increased by 6.9 mm under subsurface drip fertigation.

  compared with conventional surface drip fertigation (CF)

Potato growth, nitrogen balance, quality, and productivity response to water-nitrogen regulation in a cold and arid environment · 2024

• positive
  Greater nitrogen and irrigation increased potato tuber yield and growth traits.

THE INFLUENCE OF AGROTECHNICAL METHODS OF POTATO CULTIVATION ON PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN · 2024

• positive
  Irrigation increased tuber yield by 5,9 tons per hectare against no sprinkling.

  compared with option without artificial sprinkling

The Impact of Subsurface Tillage Techniques and Irrigation Methods on Soil Dynamics, Growth, and Potato Crop Yield · 2024

• positive
  Drip irrigation outperformed for yield per plant.

Production of nine potato cultivars treated with pyraclostrobin and submitted to different fertilization levels · 2024

• positive
  Furrow fungicide application with 2,500 kg/ha NPK increased Cupido production by 13.6%.

Climate-smart and risk-resilient adaptation strategies for potato production: a meta-analysis for South Asia · 2025

• positive
  Irrigation management improved potato yield by 22.86%.

ASSESSMENT OF THE FERTILIZERS TYPES IMPACT UNDER ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION ON POTATO YIELD AND QUALITY IN ZAKAMA REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN · 2025

• positive
  Irrigation raised potato yield over dryland farming by 8,54...18,57 t/ha across nutrition backgrounds.

  compared with dryland farming

cites 1 paper here

ASSESSMENT OF THE FERTILIZERS TYPES IMPACT UNDER ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION ON POTATO YIELD AND QUALITY IN ZAKAMA REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN · 2025

• positive
  Irrigation increased potato yield by 8,54...18,57 t/ha compared with dryland farming.

  compared with dryland farming

cites 1 paper here

Effects of Irrigation Practices on Potato Yield and Water Productivity: A Global Meta-Analysis · 2025

• positive
  Supplementary irrigation increased yield by 55%.
• negative
  Deficit irrigation reduced yield by 25% versus full irrigation.

  compared with full irrigation

• no effect
  Under those conditions, deficit irrigation avoided yield loss versus full irrigation.

  compared with full irrigation

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Foliar application of commercial amino acids biostimulants on nutrient uptake and quality of potato tuber · 2025

• positive
  The maximum tuber yield of 230.5 and 226.1 q ha-1 (first and second years) was recorded at four irrigation stages (I 2), above five stages (I 3).

  compared with I 3 (5 irrigations)

Energy and economic analysis of potato production under furrow and sprinkler irrigation systems using material flow cost accounting · 2025

• positive
  Sprinkler irrigation achieved a higher potato yield than furrow irrigation.

  compared with furrow

• positive
  Sprinkler irrigation reduced potato production costs compared with furrow irrigation.

  compared with furrow

• positive
  Energy productivity favored sprinkler irrigation (0.39 vs. 0.21 kg MJ −1).

  compared with furrow

• positive
  Hidden costs were lower under sprinkler than under furrow irrigation.

  compared with furrow

• positive
  Sprinkler irrigation had higher positive output energy than furrow irrigation in potato production.

  compared with furrow

• positive
  Sprinkler irrigation increased gross income per hectare compared with furrow irrigation.

  compared with furrow

Assessment of two irrigation systems on plant growth, physiological traits, tuber yield and biochemical contents of five potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties grown under arid conditions · 2026

• positive
  Subsurface drip irrigation increased yield.m −2 compared with sprinkler irrigation.

  compared with sprinkler irrigation system

cites 2 papers here

Water–potassium interactions determine potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield and water productivity: Evidence from response surface modeling and PLS-PM structural equation analysis · 2026

• positive
  In the dry year (2023), full irrigation with a moderate K rate (W3K4) performed best, with a yield of 45.88 t/ha.
• positive
  In the wet year (2022), moderate irrigation with a high K rate (W2K5) gave the highest potato tuber yield, 53.37 t/ha.

cites 1 paper here