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Maleic hydrazide - Optimisation as a sprout suppressant
Summary
Collaboration
Arysta
Background
The primary use of maleic hydrazide (MH) is for groundkeeper control and product labels identify this as the primary purpose for its application. However, it is widely regarded that in the correct circumstances MH can provide a significant degree of sprout suppression. This can potentially make a useful contribution to an integrated sprout control programme and its deployment could increase in importance should the industry lose the use of CIPC.
Sector:
Potatoes
Project code:
11140056
Date:
01 January 2001 - 01 January 2001
Project leader:
Adrian Cunnington
About this project
Aims and Approach
Aim: To review and optimise the use of maleic hydrazide as sprout suppressant.
A full MH review and consultation will be carried out. This will inform any trials plan deemed necessary to maximise information availability and address any identified gaps, and provide information on effective residue thresholds. The field trials will take place at the Strategic Potato (SPot) Farms.
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- Integrating alternative sprout suppressants for the processing market
- Integrating alternative sprout suppressants for the fresh market
- Investigating the importance of latent infection in causing tuber breakdown during storage and transit
- Understanding dormancy rankings of potato
- CIPC Contamination of Stores