The Potato Crop

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. History of the potato

   • J. G. Hawkes

   Pages 1-12

3. Biosystematics of the potato

   • J. G. Hawkes

   Pages 13-64

4. Structure and development of the potato plant

   • Elizabeth G. Cutter

   Pages 65-161

5. Mineral nutrition

   • P. M. Harris

   Pages 162-213

6. Water relations and growth of potatoes

   • P. J. Gregory, L. P. Simmonds

   Pages 214-246

7. Seed tuber production and management

   • E. J. Allen, P. J. O’Brien, D. Firman

   Pages 247-291

8. Plant density

   • E. J. Allen, D. C. E. Wurr

   Pages 292-333

9. Breeding new varieties

   • P. D. S. Caligari

   Pages 334-372

10. Weed control

    • P. J. W. Lutman

    Pages 373-402

11. Disease aspects of potato production

    • G. A. Hide, D. H. Lapwood

    Pages 403-437

12. Pest aspects of potato production

    • K. Evans, D. L. Trudgill, K. V. Raman, E. B. Radcliffe

    Pages 438-506

13. Tuber quality

    • R. M. J. Storey, H. V. Davies

    Pages 507-569

14. Mechanization of crop production and handling operations

    • B. D. Witney, D. C. McRae

    Pages 570-607

15. The physics and physiology of storage

    • W. G. Burton, A. van Es, K. J. Hartmans

    Pages 608-727

16. Potato production in the tropics

    • D. J. Midmore

    Pages 728-793

17. Potato production in the context of the world and farm economy

    • D. E. Horton, J. L. Anderson

    Pages 794-815

18. Principles of agronomy and their application in the potato industry

    • E. J. Allen, R. K. Scott

    Pages 816-881

19. Back Matter

    Pages 882-909

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Research and publications on the potato crop have burgeoned since the first edition of this book was published in 1978. However, the warm reception of the first edition suggested that it had a useful part to play in promoting the scientific basis for understanding and improving the yield and quality of the crop. Since the first edition was out of print and a second reprint would not have taken into account the contributions made by research over the intervening years, it became obvious that a complete revision was necessary. There was, in particular, a need to take account of the rapid extension of interest in the crop into climates and farming systems with which it has not been traditionally associa,ted. Those involved with the crop will be sadly aware that a number of contributors to the first edition are no longer with us. Their contribution to our knowledge of the crop will however be a permanent legacy of their achievement. I would like to thank all those who have contributed to the book for their willingness to cooperate in the difficult task of bringing their particular subject up to date. This is even more noteworthy for the pressure of time appears to be almost an order of magnitude higher than it was when the first edition was tackled.

• development
• physiology
• plant
• quality
• systematics
• water

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

• Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Reading, UK

  Paul M. Harris

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