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THE establishment of such a station in one of the important potato-growing districts is advocated by Sir John Russell in the foreword to the report of the sixteenth Rothamsted Conference, upon “Problems of Potato Growing”(Harpenden: Rothamsted Experimental Station. 2s.). Sir John concludes that economical production of potatoes necessitates the use of good seed of the most suitable varieties, appropriate schemes of manuring and cultivation, control of insect and fungus pests and of other agencies causing disease, and methods for dealing with excess produce. All these topics are dealt with by expert contributors in this report. The fields of research developed around this homely plant, notably the virus disease problems, show how technical and specialised are the problems raised by this crop, and though the present research and advisory system deals very effectively with them to a point, Sir John concludes that there is room for such a special research station continuously concerned with investigations into the physiology of the potato and the utilisation of the tuber.
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A Potato Research Station. Nature 133, 867 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133867d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133867d0