Bruising

Pages

• Severe bruises can't be peeled away with 2 strokes

• R445 Late Season Water Management

  Aim: To determine the effects of late-season water management on bruise susceptibility and skinset.Industry ChallengePrevious observations of late season water management have shown that short term...

• R436 Cell Wall Properties and Bruising

  Aim: To increase the understanding of the relationship between bruise susceptibility, tuber cell wall properties and tuber mechanical properties.Industry ChallengeBruising of potato tubers...

• 807/227 BRUCE - BRUising in a Commercial Environment

  Aim: To determine the important factors influencing bruising using the variability experienced in commercial crops.During 2001 - 2003 samples of tubers from 187 commercial crops crops were bruised...

• R263 Management of Tuber Water Status to Reduce Bruising

  Aim: To establish the relationship between susceptibility to bruising and tuber water potential (turgor) for defined soil conditions.The research programme, which began in 2005, aimed to establish...

• R252 Bruising Sensitivity at Harvest

  Aim: To examine the effect of soil moisture and crop maturity at haulm destruction on changes in sensitivity to tuber bruising at harvest.This project was developed from observations from a...

• 807/240 Susceptibility to Mechanical Damage LINK

  Aim: To develop a sensitive, rapid chemical test for detecting susceptibility to blackspot bruising in field grown and in stored tuber material.At the start of the project it was known that cells in...

• Harvester settings for reducing bruising and damage

  Minimising Bruising - HarvestFollowing extensive distribution of this guide to levy paying potato growers in 2005, we still have some stocks left.  If you would like to order a copy, email...

• Harvester settings guide for wet soils

• Harvester settings guide for dry soils

Pages