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Estimating the dry matter production, nitrogen requirements, and yield of organic farm-grown potatoes

Creator:

McQueen, John Paul Gainer

Abstract:

As part of a participatory research project, where farmers and Oregon State University researchers collaborated, aspects of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) growing systems were studied. It was determined through conversations with the farmers that quantification of certain growth parameters of potato was lacking, including dry matter accumulation, crop nitrogen (N)...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

dry summers of the Pacific Northwest. 3 The pattern of N uptake and dry matter