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Potato Production in Florida1

L. Zotarelli, P.D. Roberts, P.J. Dittmar, S.E. Webb, S.A. Smith, B.M. Santos, and S.M. Olson2

The Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida was updated in January 2011. The most current version of this chapter may be found at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/cv/cv13100.pdf.

Keywords: potato, Solanum tuberosum, Solanaceae

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Potato at early flower stage in Hastings.


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Washing and packing red potatoes in Homestead.


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Harvesting potatoes in Hastings.


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Footnotes

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This document is HS733, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Date first printed June 1995. Revised January 2012. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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L. Zotarelli, assistant research scientist, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department; P.D. Roberts, assistant professor, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL; P.J. Dittmar, assistant professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; S.E. Webb, associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; S.A. Smith, economic analyst, Food and Resource Economics Department; B.M. Santos, assistant professor, Horticultural Science Department; S.M. Olson, professor, NFREC-Quincy; Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. The Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida is edited by S.M. Olson, professor, NFREC-Quincy, E.H. Simonne, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.

The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. It is not a guarantee or warranty of the products named, and does not signify that they are approved to the exclusion of others of suitable composition. Use pesticides safely. Read and follow directions on the manufacturer's label.

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