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Potato yields down but quality good amid first storage season without CIPC

The loss of potato desiccant diquat, sprout suppressant chlorpropham (CIPC) combined with soil damage from last year has meant that some growers are facing added growing costs of 拢100/hectare in 2020.

Alice Dyer

28 September 2020 鈥� 2 min read

Potato yields down but quality good amid first storage season without CIPC

The loss of potato desiccant diquat, sprout suppressant chlorpropham (CIPC) combined with soil damage from last year has meant that some growers are facing added growing costs of 拢100/hectare in 2020....

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