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Potatoes

Growing potatoes: Common questions
This section contains the most commonly asked questions about growing potatoes. It also includes additional questions that appear in the Agrilink Potato Information Kit Annual Update 1998.

Melon thrips in potatoes
A description of melon thrips and the damage they cause, their life cycle and how to manage them.

Potato brown fleck
This page describes the causes and possible methods of managing the disorder potato brown fleck.

Potato cyst nematode
Potato cyst nematode is a serious pest of potatoes and strict quarantine controls are enforced in most countries. It is a minute, worm-like animal which attacks the roots of several plant species, including potatoes, causing very high yield losses.

Potato moth in rare fruit
Description, management and control methods of Potato moth in fruit such as potatoes and tomatoes.


 


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