%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of different planting systems on yield of potato crop in Kaghan Valley: A mountainous  region of Pakistan
%A Muhammad Qasim
%A Salma Khalid
%A Alia Naz
%A Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
%A Sohail Ahmad Khan
%J Agricultural Sciences
%P 175-179
%@ 2156-8561
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/as.2013.44025
%X <p>
	<span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\" ?=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conversion of potato from conventional methods to wide bed planting systems may increase </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">water and nitrogen use efficiency in commercial </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;\">potato production system by reducing the </span><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\" ?=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">amount of irrigation water and water applied nitrogen fertilizer bypassing the potato root zone. Potato (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Solanum tuberosum</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> L) cv. Desiree was tested against different planting system for yield and yield components at Kaghan, a high mountainous Himalayan region ofPakistan. The experiment was carried out at Himalayan Agricultural Research Station (HARS), Kaghan during the summer season of 2005. The results showed that maximum tuber growth (88.7%), number of stems per plant (3.5), plant expansion (45.5 cm), average number of tubers per plant (10.1) and yield per hectare (12.4 t/ha) were significantly different and higher when potatoes were planted on wide bed and covered with soil from one side. Tallest plants (53.4 cm) were observed when potatoes were sown on the ridges. Maximum number of green potatoes (12.5) and injured potatoes (5.3%) were observed when the tubers were planted following local farmers¡¯ </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;\">method. Keeping in view the soil type, land slopping, we recommend sowing potatoes on </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;\">relatively plain wide beds and covering it with soil from one side, for potato cultivation in the area.</span> 
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%K Potato (&lt
%K i&gt
%K Solanum tuberosum&lt
%K /i&gt
%K L)
%K Planting Systems
%K Yield Response
%K Kaghan Valley
%K Pakistan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=30754