Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes
Experiments on harvesting sweet potato as a green vegetable and as a root crop are described. Whole shoots yielded 62% more than shoot tips. Similar total shoot yields were harvested whether tip removal was at two, three or four week intervals. Root yield was decreased by 31 to 48% by removing shoot...
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| author | Dahniya, M.T. Hahn, S.K. Oputa, C.O. |
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| description | Experiments on harvesting sweet potato as a green vegetable and as a root crop are described. Whole shoots yielded 62% more than shoot tips. Similar total shoot yields were harvested whether tip removal was at two, three or four week intervals. Root yield was decreased by 31 to 48% by removing shoot tips, while removing whole shoots led to root yield decreases of 48 to 62%. Harvesting shoots at two week intervals gave 72% reduction in root yield, compared with 50% with four week intervals. There were fewer and smaller tubers as the frequency of shoot harvests increased. There were varietal differences in response to shoot removal For reasonable yields of both shoot tips and tuberous roots harvesting shoot tips at four week intervals is recommended. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1761512025-11-11T11:05:58Z Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes Dahniya, M.T. Hahn, S.K. Oputa, C.O. shoots sweet potatoes yields root harvesting Experiments on harvesting sweet potato as a green vegetable and as a root crop are described. Whole shoots yielded 62% more than shoot tips. Similar total shoot yields were harvested whether tip removal was at two, three or four week intervals. Root yield was decreased by 31 to 48% by removing shoot tips, while removing whole shoots led to root yield decreases of 48 to 62%. Harvesting shoots at two week intervals gave 72% reduction in root yield, compared with 50% with four week intervals. There were fewer and smaller tubers as the frequency of shoot harvests increased. There were varietal differences in response to shoot removal For reasonable yields of both shoot tips and tuberous roots harvesting shoot tips at four week intervals is recommended. 1985 2025-08-20T09:25:28Z 2025-08-20T09:25:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176151 en Limited Access application/pdf Dahniya, M.T., Hahn, S.K. & Oputa, C.O. (1985). Effect of shoot removal on shoot and root yields of sweet potato. Experimental Agriculture, 21(2), 183-186. |
| spellingShingle | shoots sweet potatoes yields root harvesting Dahniya, M.T. Hahn, S.K. Oputa, C.O. Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| title | Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| title_full | Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| title_fullStr | Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| title_short | Effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| title_sort | effect of shoot removal on shoot and tuberous root yields and yield components of sweet potatoes |
| topic | shoots sweet potatoes yields root harvesting |
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