Potassium Positively Affects Skin Characteristics of Sweet Potato Storage Roots

Potassium Positively Affects Skin Characteristics of Sweet Potato Storage Roots

Sweet potato (<i>Ipomoea batatas</i>) growth faces two critical problems: variability in storage root (SR) number and size among individual plants, and skinning injuries that render the SR susceptible to pathogen infections during storage. We hypothesized that application of potassium (K...

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Main Authors: Liron Klipcan, Ruth van Oss, Alexandra Keren-Kieserman, Uri Yermiyahu, Idit Ginzberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
fertilization
periderm
polyhalite
potassium
skin anatomy
storage root
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/9/1385

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