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"""The Potato Crop"" is concerned with the principles which underlie the attainment of high yields and quality in the potato crop. While potatoes are normally associated with the agriculture of temperate regions, the exploitation of the crop is rapidly expanding in both the upland and lowland tropics, an expansion which is attributable to the potential of the crop to produce yields of edible carbohydrate and protein at rates which few other crops can match. In temperate regions, where a high proportion of the crop is processed into products such as chips (crisps) or french fries, quality requirements present exacting production and storage problems. In addition, there is a universal concern to achieve high yields and quality without damaging the environment through the excessive use of crop production and protection chemicals. These problems can only be tackled through the application of research carried out by a wide range of scientific disciplines. By bringing together contributors of wide experience and excellent reputation, this book provides a thorough account of this knowledge. ""The Potato Crop"" should be of value to research workers in the fields of plant, and crop science, plant breeding, genetics, agronomy, crop protection and food storage and processing."

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The book has been brought very closely up-to-date and the presentation of knowledge in several of the chapters in couched with better understanding than in the earlier edition. The first edition of The Potato Crop was a good book. The second edition is better. Yes, it is worth buying again - Journal of Agricultural Science; ... one of the best reference texts available...usable tool of knowlege - Elsevier Science; The book has been brought very closely up-to-date and the presentation of knowledge in several of the chapters couched with better understanding than in the earlier edition. The first edition of The Potato Crop was a good book. The second edition is better. Yes, it is worth buying again - Journal of Agricultural Science

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