Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991
A yield trial in which 43 named varieties and numbered selections of potatoes were compared was conducted during the 1991 growing season at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s Palmer Research Center, Matanuska Research Farm, located six miles west of Pa...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/2172 2024-09-15T18:16:54+00:00 Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 Circular 89 Carling, D. E. Vandre, Wayne Westphale, P. C. Comeau, Mary 1992-05 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2172 unknown School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2172 Technical Report 1992 ftunivalaska 2024-08-12T03:04:02Z A yield trial in which 43 named varieties and numbered selections of potatoes were compared was conducted during the 1991 growing season at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s Palmer Research Center, Matanuska Research Farm, located six miles west of Palmer, Alaska. Varieties with a history of commercial production in the Matanuska Valley (Alaska 114, Bake-King, Green Mountain, and Superior) are included and serve as a comparative base for newly developed varieties, numbered selections or older varieties that have not been tested at this location. Varieties that compare favorably with the above listed standards may warrant consideration by commercial growers. Nonirrigated trials have been conducted annually since 1982, whereas irrigated trials were initiated in 1985 (AFES Circulars 49, 54, 58, 65, 71, 77, and 84). These circulars are available at the AFES Offices in Fairbanks and Palmer. Included in this report are the results of abbreviated versions of the AFES potato yield trial conducted by cooperating individuals and agencies at other locations in Alaska including Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai- Soldotna, and Kodiak. [Part 1: Potato Variety Performance] -- Introduction -- Matanuska Farm Yield Trials -- Trials at Other Locations in Alaska -- [Part 2: Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary] -- Introduction -- Potato Varieties and Yields -- Acreage per grower -- Irrigation -- Seed and Planting -- Fertilizer -- Other Cultural Practices -- Chemical Control Report Kodiak Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA |
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A yield trial in which 43 named varieties and numbered selections of potatoes were compared was conducted during the 1991 growing season at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s Palmer Research Center, Matanuska Research Farm, located six miles west of Palmer, Alaska. Varieties with a history of commercial production in the Matanuska Valley (Alaska 114, Bake-King, Green Mountain, and Superior) are included and serve as a comparative base for newly developed varieties, numbered selections or older varieties that have not been tested at this location. Varieties that compare favorably with the above listed standards may warrant consideration by commercial growers. Nonirrigated trials have been conducted annually since 1982, whereas irrigated trials were initiated in 1985 (AFES Circulars 49, 54, 58, 65, 71, 77, and 84). These circulars are available at the AFES Offices in Fairbanks and Palmer. Included in this report are the results of abbreviated versions of the AFES potato yield trial conducted by cooperating individuals and agencies at other locations in Alaska including Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai- Soldotna, and Kodiak. [Part 1: Potato Variety Performance] -- Introduction -- Matanuska Farm Yield Trials -- Trials at Other Locations in Alaska -- [Part 2: Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary] -- Introduction -- Potato Varieties and Yields -- Acreage per grower -- Irrigation -- Seed and Planting -- Fertilizer -- Other Cultural Practices -- Chemical Control |
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Carling, D. E. Vandre, Wayne Westphale, P. C. Comeau, Mary Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 |
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Carling, D. E. Vandre, Wayne Westphale, P. C. Comeau, Mary |
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Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 |
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Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 |
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Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 |
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Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 |
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Potato Variety Performance and Commercial Potato Crop Data Summary, Alaska 1991 |
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potato variety performance and commercial potato crop data summary, alaska 1991 |
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School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station |
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1992 |
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