Dessication - way to minimize potato damage by diseases
Studies show that when mowing the tops of two weeks before harvesting, the incidence of tubers diseases decreased compared to control without removing the tops of varieties Bryanskij delikates, Debryansk and Bryanskij Nadezhnij by 2,4; 1,8 and 1,4 %. Chemical destruction of the tops to a greater extent has helped to reduce the defeat of tuber diseases in marked varieties were 2,9; 2,7 and 2,1 %. As a result of mowing the tops of two weeks before harvesting, the incidence of tubers diseases decreased compared with the control of three varieties by 1,2; 0,5 and 0,3 %. Chemical destruction of the tops contributed to the reduction of tuber disease by 1,3; 0,7 and 0,5%, respectively.