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. .,Lenticels<br />

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"break<br />

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I Cbecomes<br />

rays impairs wound-healing processes. Certain pesticide<br />

chemicals on the cut tuber surface, such as some seed treatments,<br />

may impair the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> wound healing,<br />

certain<br />

whereas<br />

phenolic compounds enhance the wound-healing<br />

process and wound periderm formation. Under favorable environmental<br />

conditions, suberin is demonstrable within 24 hr<br />

S"and periderm within two to five days. Infection by some<br />

pathogens<br />

wound<br />

is greatly reduced by<br />

and<br />

the<br />

periderm<br />

rapid formation<br />

under<br />

<strong>of</strong>suberin<br />

wounds.<br />

-soils<br />

(Fig. 4) are formed under the stomata in the epidermis<br />

<strong>of</strong> stems as well as <strong>of</strong> tubers. A loose mass <strong>of</strong> thin-walled,<br />

relatively small, rounded cells initially forms under the periderm<br />

and eventually breaks through. Thus, the lenticel consists <strong>of</strong> a<br />

in the tuber surface underlaid<br />

walled<br />

with loosely<br />

cells.<br />

arranged,<br />

Lenticels<br />

thin­<br />

(nu<strong>mb</strong>ering l-/cm- <strong>of</strong> surface) permit<br />

exchange through the<br />

are<br />

relatively<br />

unfavorably<br />

impervious<br />

wet,<br />

periderm.<br />

lenticels<br />

When<br />

tubers become<br />

on<br />

enlarged<br />

underground<br />

(hypertrophied<br />

stems and<br />

or proliferated) and<br />

..." .. extrude beyond the surface as white tufts<br />

in<br />

approximately<br />

diameter.<br />

0.5 mm<br />

,- 'Lenticels provide infection sites for several pathogens,<br />

including those inciting bacterial s<strong>of</strong>t rot and late blight.<br />

, -<br />

"-'''-' ""DEAN,<br />

Roots<br />

Plants from true seed produce a slender tap root that later<br />

fibrous. Plants grown from seed tubers have a fibrous<br />

system <strong>of</strong> lateral roots arising usually in groups <strong>of</strong> three at the<br />

nodes <strong>of</strong> the underground stem. Lateral roots originate in the<br />

pericycle regions <strong>of</strong> roots and in meristems <strong>of</strong> the subterranean<br />

stems close to the nodal piate. Cell divisinn in the pericycle gives<br />

rise to the root primordium, which pushes its way mechanically<br />

and possibly by enzymatic activity through the cortex. Sites <strong>of</strong><br />

root emergence are essentially open wounds and provide<br />

infection courts for pathogens.<br />

Selected References<br />

ADAMS, M.J. 1975. <strong>Potato</strong> tuber lenticels: Susceptibility to infection<br />

by Erwinia carolooravar. airosepticaand Phvtophthorainfestans.<br />

Ann. AppI. Biol. 79:275-282.<br />

ARTSCHWAGER, E.1924. Studies on the potato tuber. J. Agric. Res.<br />

27:809-835.<br />

ARTSCHWAGER, E. 1927. Wound periderm formation in the potato<br />

as affected by temperature and humidity. J. Agric. Res.<br />

35:995-1000.<br />

BURTON, W. G. 1966. The <strong>Potato</strong>, 2nd ed. ff. Veenman and Zonen.<br />

Wageningen, B. B., P. Holland. E. KOLATITUKUDY, 382 pp.<br />

Chemical composition<br />

and R. W. DAVIS.<br />

and ultrastructure<br />

1977.<br />

<strong>of</strong> suberin from hollow<br />

heart tissue <strong>of</strong> potato tubers (Solanumn tuberosum). Plant Physiol.<br />

59:1008-<strong>101</strong>0.<br />

.DODDS, K. S. 1962. Classification <strong>of</strong> cultivated potatoes. Pages 517­<br />

539 in: D. S. Correlled. The <strong>Potato</strong> and Its Wild Relatives. Section'<br />

Tuberarium <strong>of</strong> the Genus Solanum. Texas Res. Foundation,<br />

Renner, TX. 606 pp.<br />

HARRIS, P. M., ed. 1978. The <strong>Potato</strong> Crop: The Scientific Basis for<br />

Improvement. Chapman and Hall, London. 730 pp.<br />

HAYWARD, H. E. 1938. Solanum tuherosum. Pages 514-549 in: The<br />

Structure <strong>of</strong> Economic Plants. The Macmillan Co., New York.<br />

. .~i674 pp.<br />

HOWARD, H. W. 1970. Genetics <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Potato</strong>, Solanun tuberosum.<br />

Logos Press, Ltd., London. 126 pp.<br />

M1ZICKO, J., C. H. LIVINGSTON, and G. JOHNSON. 1974. The<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> dihydroquercetin on the cut surface <strong>of</strong> seed potatoes. Am.<br />

<strong>Potato</strong> J. 51:216-222.<br />

:i OCHOA. C. NI. 1962. los So,,um 'luheriteros Svlvestres del Peru<br />

(Sec. Tuterarium.Sub-scc. tly-prtasulrrn).Talleres (Grificos1P.<br />

L.Villanuesa S.A., Linua Peru. 297 pp.<br />

REEVE,<br />

commercial<br />

R. M. 1974.<br />

peeling<br />

Relevance<br />

losses.<br />

<strong>of</strong> immature<br />

Am. Po:ato<br />

tuber<br />

J.<br />

periderm<br />

51:254-262.<br />

to high<br />

SALAMAN, R.N. 1949. The Historyand Social Influence <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Potato</strong>.<br />

Ca<strong>mb</strong>ridge University Press. London.<br />

Fig.<br />

685<br />

3. A,<br />

pp.<br />

Epidermis <strong>of</strong> stem. Tuber surfaces: B, immature SWAMINATHAN,<br />

periderm;<br />

M.<br />

C,slightly<br />

S., and H.W.<br />

more<br />

HOWARD.<br />

mature periderm;<br />

1953. The<br />

D,mature<br />

cytology<br />

periderm and genetics <strong>of</strong> the potato (Solanun? wtherosum)and<br />

<strong>of</strong> normal<br />

related<br />

tuber<br />

species.<br />

surface; E, well-developed wound healing pertderm<br />

on acut<br />

Bibliogr.<br />

surface.<br />

Genet.<br />

Bar<br />

16:1-192.<br />

represents 50 jum in all photographs. THOMPSON, N. R. 1978. <strong>Potato</strong>es. Pages 485-501 in: M. Milner, N.<br />

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