Russet Burbank
Nitrogen
Physiological Disorders
Herbicidal resistance
Injury by Application
Injury by Drift
Injury by Carryover
Summary Table: Causes of External Disorder
Disorder
Primary Cause
Occurrence
Market Effect
Deformation
heat*
bulking
quality
Growth Crack
wet/dry soil*
Chaining
hot soil
mid-bulking
yield (size)
Hair Sprout
late-bulking
quality and yield
Swollen Lenticel
wet soil
bulking-harvest
storage rots
Greening
light
bulking-storage
Thumnbnail Crack
very dry soil
harvest
Air Crack
sudden cold
Little Tuber
seed aging
storage
yield (stand)
“Hides”
?
(quality)
* Deformations may also be caused by some herbicides.
[Potato Education Guide] [Deformations] [Cracking] [Swollen Lenicels] [Chaining] [Hair Sprouting] [Little Tuber Disorder] [Summary]
