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Kennebec potatoes caused by high concentrations <strong>of</strong> maleic<br />
hydrazide. Can. .1.Plant Sci. 50:591-593.<br />
STEPHENS, H.J. 1 9 65. The place <strong>of</strong> herbicides in the potatocrop. Eur.<br />
<strong>Potato</strong>nJ. 8:33-51.<br />
(Prepared by W. J. Hooker)<br />
Stem-End Browning<br />
Stem-end browning describes an internal, brown<br />
discoloration <strong>of</strong> tuber tissue near the stem end or stolon<br />
attachment. In its broadest sense, the term is applied to a<br />
shallow discoloration with one or more unknown causes. These<br />
may include chemical injury, sudden death <strong>of</strong> the vines, or<br />
infection from pathogens, including viruses. Usually it does not<br />
show up at harvest but develops during the first one to three<br />
months in storage. It is <strong>of</strong>ten confined to the 12-mm section at<br />
the stolon end <strong>of</strong> the tuber and is more frequent in smaller<br />
tubers. If penetration is deeper, the brown strands are confined<br />
to the xylem <strong>of</strong> the vascular ring.<br />
The disorder may b" :onfused with virus leafroll net necrosis<br />
(Fig. 28A). However. the latter penetrates deeper into the tuber,<br />
and its brown necrotic strands involve the phloem either inside<br />
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Fig. 28. A, Stem-end browning; B, virus leafroll net necrosis.<br />
(Courtesy Main Life Sciences and Agricultural Experiment<br />
Station)<br />
Nutrient deficiencies or excesses are frequently difficult to<br />
diagnose without analysis <strong>of</strong> the plant and may beconft sed with<br />
other environmental stresses. )eficiency or exce.;s <strong>of</strong> a<br />
particular nutrient may be influenced by its availability, its<br />
balant e with other nutrients, soil pH. ion-exchange hivels, and<br />
other factors. Because potatoes are grown unjer widely<br />
different conditions <strong>of</strong> altitude, day length, light inensities, soil<br />
types, temperatures, and soluble salts, general symptoms<br />
described for nutrient disorders are <strong>of</strong>ten based upon controlled<br />
sand culture trials rather than on field conditions.<br />
<strong>Potato</strong>es grow well in soils above pH 5.0. In more acid<br />
conditions, Ca atd Mg deficiency, phosphate fixation, and<br />
ammonium, Mn. and Al toxicity may occur, and leaching <strong>of</strong><br />
some nutrients (e.g.. Mg) is increased. Conversely, highly<br />
calcareous or overlimed soils crL.Ite unfavorable alkaline<br />
reactions that reduce availability <strong>of</strong> Mn, Fe, B, and Zn.<br />
General References<br />
CHAPMAN, H. D.. ed. 1966. Diagnostic Criteria for Plantsand Soils.<br />
University <strong>of</strong> California. I)ivision <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Science. 793 pp.<br />
22<br />
Nutrient I<strong>mb</strong>alance<br />
or outside <strong>of</strong> the xylem. It is more prevalent in larger tubers, and<br />
affected tubers always produce leafroll-infected plants.<br />
Recently, stem-end browning has been associated with early<br />
season leafroll virus infection, in which a limited amount <strong>of</strong><br />
tissue is affected and the virus does not always establish<br />
infection. Thus affected tubers ma: not produce leafrol plants.<br />
Stem-end browning may also come from another virus, as yet<br />
unidentified. The virus isapparently graff-transmitted and is<br />
more prevalent in certain clone lines: its characteristics have not<br />
been further clarified.<br />
Stem-end browning has noapparent effect on yield, although<br />
affected tissue is believed to he sterile. Stem-end browning is<br />
distinguished from Fusarium or Verticillium wilts by culture<br />
techniques and from Verticillium infection or defoliants by<br />
darker color and coarser strands. Other tuber discolorations<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten confused with stem-end browning include those due to<br />
rapid vine killing (by chemicals or flame) or to frost or frost<br />
necrosis.<br />
Control<br />
Cultivars differ in resistance.<br />
Avoid excessive applications <strong>of</strong> phosphorus, potassium, or<br />
chlorine in the fertilizer.<br />
Selected References<br />
FOLSON, D., and A. E. RICH. 1940. <strong>Potato</strong> tuber net-necrosis and<br />
stem-end browning studies in Maine. Phytopathology 30:313-322.<br />
MANZER. F. E.. I). C. MERRIAM. and R. Hf. STORCH. 1977.<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> time <strong>of</strong> inoculation with PIRV on internal tuber necrosis.<br />
Am. <strong>Potato</strong> J. 54:476 (Abstr.).<br />
RICH. A. E.1950. '1hle effect <strong>of</strong> various defoliants on potato vines and<br />
tubers in Washingion. Am. <strong>Potato</strong> .. 27:87-92.<br />
RICH, A. F. 1951. Phlocm necrosis <strong>of</strong> Irish potatoes in Washington.<br />
Wash. Agric. Exp. Sin. Bull. 528.<br />
ROSS, A. F. 1946. Susceptibility <strong>of</strong> Green Mountain and Irish Cobbler<br />
commercial strains to stem-end browning. Am. <strong>Potato</strong> J.<br />
23:219-234.<br />
ROSS. A. F. 1946. Studies on the cause <strong>of</strong> stem-end browning in Green<br />
Mountain potatoes. Phytopathology 36:925-936.<br />
ROSS, A. F., J. A. CHUCKA, and A. HAWKINS. 1947. The effect <strong>of</strong><br />
fertilizer practice including the use <strong>of</strong> minor elements on stem-end<br />
browning, net necrosis, and spread <strong>of</strong> leafroll virus in the Green<br />
Mountain variety <strong>of</strong> potato. Maine Agric. Exp. Sin. Bull.<br />
447:96-142.<br />
(Prepared by A. E. Rich)<br />
HOUGHIAND. G. V. C. 1964. Nutrient deficiencies in the potato.<br />
In: Sprague. II. B.. ed. 1964. Ilunger Signs in Crops. 3rd ed. David<br />
McKay Co., Inc.. New York. 461 pp.<br />
WAlLACE. T. 1961. The I)iagnosis <strong>of</strong> Mineral )eficiencies in Plants<br />
by Visual Symptoms, a Colour Atlas and Guide, 3rd ed. Chemical<br />
Publishing Co.. Inc.. New York. 125 pp. with 312 color plates.<br />
Nitrogen<br />
Adequate N in the presence <strong>of</strong> sufficient P and K stimulates<br />
apical and lateral meristems and thus increases leaf<br />
development. Adequate N should be available during rapid<br />
plant growth and tuberization. N requirements increase rapidly<br />
with plant growth, as N is translocated from lower to upper<br />
leaves and much <strong>of</strong> it eventually to the tubers.<br />
Deficient plants are generally chlorotic, slow growing, erect,<br />
and have small, erect, pale green leaves (Plate 8). Lower leaves<br />
are most severely affected. Veins stay green somewhat longer<br />
than does interveinal tissue. The extent <strong>of</strong>deficiency determines