The Potato Crop: The scientific basis for improvement

1 History of the potato.- 2 Biosystematics of the potato.- 3 Structure and development of the potato plant.- 4 Mineral nutrition.- 5 Water relations and growth of potatoes.- 6 Seed tuber production and management.- 7 Plant density.- 8 Breeding new varieties.- 9 Weed control.- 10 Disease aspects of potato production.- 11 Pest aspects of potato production Part 1 The nematode pests of potatoes.- 12 Tuber quality.- 13 Mechanization of crop production and handling operations.- 14 The physics and physiology of storage.- 15 Potato production in the tropics.- 16 Potato production in the context of the world and farm economy.- 17 Principles of agronomy and their application in the potato industry.