caa a22 4500 386326681 CHVBK 20180307111655.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198901 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0014479700016409 doi S0014479700016409 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0014479700016409 Pre-planting Treatment of Seed Potato Tuber Pieces to Break Dormancy, Control Tuber Piece Decay and Improve Yield [Elektronische Daten] Laboratory experiments and field tests were used to study the effects of seven anti-microbial agents and a trace element salt mixture (TEM) on the decay of cut pieces of seed potatoes. The effect of a mixture of gibberellic acid and ethrel (GA + E), TEM, and TEM with GA + E on the sprouting behaviour and yield of tubers was also studied. All the anti-microbial agents inhibited decay, although TEM and oxine were superior to other treatments. There was an increase in crop yield when seed tubers were treated with TEM. In laboratory tests, the GA + E mixture and TEM were effective in breaking dormancy. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Shashirekha Mysore N. Post-harvest Technology Laboratory, Area of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation Crops, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India Narasimham Pattisapu Post-harvest Technology Laboratory, Area of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation Crops, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India Experimental Agriculture Cambridge University Press 25/1(1989-01), 27-33 0014-4797 25:1<27 1989 25 EAG https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700016409 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700016409 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shashirekha Mysore N. Post-harvest Technology Laboratory, Area of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation Crops, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Narasimham Pattisapu Post-harvest Technology Laboratory, Area of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation Crops, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Agriculture Cambridge University Press 25/1(1989-01), 27-33 0014-4797 25:1<27 1989 25 EAG CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge