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Cover Crop And Nitrogen Fertilizer Management For Potato Production In The Northeast, Emad Jahanzad
Cover Crop And Nitrogen Fertilizer Management For Potato Production In The Northeast, Emad Jahanzad
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) rates fourth among the world’s agricultural products in terms of production volume and human consumption and worldwide demand for potatoes will exceed that of rice, wheat, or corn by 2020. Potato consumption has been a major part of the North American diet since early in the 17th century and as a dominant arable crop in the Northeastern United States. There are over 2700 potato fields in the Northeast United States and potato growers often over apply nitrogen (N) fertilizer to ensure against loss of yield. High mobility of nitrate form N fertilization in the …