Desiccation and post harvest in potatoes

Syngenta offers Australian potato growers a range of solutions to aid in the desiccation of potato vines and provide protection against pests and diseases post-harvest.

The need for crop protection doesn’t end at harvest time. A 2011 UN Food & Agriculture Organisation report estimated that in most regions of the world about 40 percent of the root and tuber crop harvest is lost between field and consumer.

Potatoes are a relatively robust crop, but their journey from ground to market involves lots of mechanical handling, often over many months: transport, storage, washing and bagging. Every time a potato is moved, there’s a risk of bruising or skinning that could create an entry point for fungi or bacteria. These can then start a rot that spreads rapidly from one potato to another.

Desiccation of potato vines prevents late blight fungus on the vines from infecting the tubers, thus removing a potent cause of rot and waste in storage.

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MAXIM 100 FS

Suspension Concentrate for Seed TreatmentFS

100 g/L Fludioxonil

For the control of damping off caused by Fusarium (Fusarium spp.) and Penicillium (Penicillium spp.) in Maize and Sweet Corn, control of seed borne Black Dot (Colletotrichum coccodes), Fusarium Dry Rot (Fusarium spp.), Rhizoctonia (Black Scurf) and Silver Scurf (Helminthosporium solani), and the suppression of seed borne Common Scab (Streptomyces spp.) in Potatoes.

Herbicide

REGLONE

Soluble ConcentrateSL

200 g/L Diquat

REGLONE^®For pre-harvest crop desiccation and the control of a wide range of broadleaf weeds in certain crops.

Post Harvest

TECTO SC

Suspension ConcentrateSC

500 g/L Thiabendazole

TECTO^® SCFor control of Dry Rot, Gangrene and Silver Scurf of Potato tubers and specific rots and moulds of Fruit and fungal diseases of Bulbs, Corms, Turf and Mushrooms.

Fungicide

VIBRANCE Premium

Suspension Concentrate for Seed TreatmentFS

50 g/L Fludioxonil
40 g/L Sedaxane

VIBRANCE^® PremiumFor the control of seed borne Black scurf, Silver scurf, Black dot, Gangrene, Fusarium dry rot and suppression of Common scab in Potatoes in storage and at planting.

Crop establishment

Utilise Syngenta’s market leading combination of seed treatment and in-furrow fungicides to deliver the most comprehensive control of seed and soil borne fungal diseases.

Disease management

Syngenta provides growers with a number of effective solutions to help manage diseases in-furrow and during storage. Between Amistar and Ridomil Gold, Syngenta has got your crop covered when it comes to disease protection.

Weed control in potatoes

The benefits of effective weed control in potato crops are many, including better use of available nutrients by the crop, resulting in increased yields and profits. It is important to remember that the adoption and implementation of effective, long term, weed control strategies that have an integrated and planned approach and do not rely solely on the use of herbicides to control weeds will give the best crop results.

Syngenta Potato Partners

Provides growers with exclusive tools to produce sustainable premium potatoes.

Desiccation and post harvest in potatoes

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