Sweet potato blister, a disease associated with boron nutrition

Sweet potato blister, a disease associated with boron nutrition

1970

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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) blister is primarily a superficial disease that develops in stored roots. The cultivar `Nugget` is particularly susceptible and was used to investigate the role of mineral nutrition of the growing plant on the development of the disease. Results from greenhouse and field experiments demonstrated that the disease developed in roots that received excesses of N, , and Mg during growth and the disease was prevented by including B in the fertilizer program. [AS]

v.95(6):685-686, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, JOURNAL

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