The changing landscape for potato sprout control in storage

摘要

Growing a healthy potato cropand proper loading into storagespresent only the initial steps to ensure a steady, uninterrupted supply of potatoes throughout the year.Depending on the varietal characteristics — whether it has short, medium or long dormancy, potato tubers will last in storage without any sprout control treatments only for the duration of its dormancy period. For longer periods of storage, sprout control treatments become a necessity.For more than 50 years, the global standard for sprout control in storage has been chlorpropham (C1PC), which was also used extensively as a pre-emergence herbicide for controlling grass weeds in many crops, such as onions, carrots, soybeans, tomatoes, etc. All herbicidal crop uses have since been revoked. However, CIPC's primary use — controlling sprouting in post-harvest potatoes, continues to be available in many countries and is excellent to this day.