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    Potatoes: Growing Practices and Food Uses
    Potatoes: Growing Practices and Food Uses
    Potatoes: Growing Practices and Food Uses
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    Potatoes: Growing Practices and Food Uses

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    Potato is one of the most ancient and the oldest domesticated food crops. Today, potato is the most important and the largest vegetable crop of the world (both production-wise and consumption-wise). Potato is also used as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potato is a starchy tuberous perennial vegetable; however for vegetable purposes, potato plants are grown as annual plants. Potato plants are considered as cool season crops because of the low temperature requirement for tuber formation. The edible portion or tuber is a modified underground stem.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAgrihortico
    Release dateJul 11, 2019
    ISBN9780463678954
    Potatoes: Growing Practices and Food Uses
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    AGRIHORTICO is committed for the “Empowerment of Food and Agriculture Sector.” You can avail a wealth of information on “Food & Agriculture” and “Gardening & Horticulture” topics. We regularly publish top quality, extensively researched materials. You may purchase our eBooks which are copyright protected and are one of the best in the Food & Agriculture industry.

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      Potatoes - Agrihortico

      Potatoes

      Growing Practices and Food Uses

      AGRIHORTICO

      Copyright © 2019 AGRIHORTICO

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      Potatoes: An Introduction

      Potato is one of the most ancient and the oldest domesticated food crops. Today, potato is the most important and the largest vegetable crop of the world (both production-wise and consumption-wise). Potato is also used as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potato is a starchy tuberous perennial vegetable; however for vegetable purposes, potato plants are grown as annual plants. Potato plants are considered as cool season crops because of the low temperature requirement for tuber formation. The edible portion or tuber is a modified underground stem.

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      Figure 1: Potato tubers

      Origin and Distribution: Potato is a native of South America. Today potatoes are grown all over the world. However a major percent of global potato production is from countries such as China, India, Russia, Ukraine, the United States of America and Europe.

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      Figure 2: Potato plants

      Plant Description: Potato

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