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Vegetatively propagated tuber crop
Shallow-rooted phenotype
High nutrient and water demand
Key traits
Stimulates
Nutrient use efficiency, particularly for P and K, improving tuber quality and storability
Supports
Rhizosphere health and suppression of soil-borne pathogens
Reduces
Tuber quality defects related to nutrient imbalances or stress
How Nando helps

Cultivation
focus:
Promoting early stolon development and root mass; ensuring adequate calcium (Ca) availability for tuber skin quality and storage; managing tuber initiation and bulking phases

Common
challenges:
Soil-borne diseases affecting tubers (Rhizoctonia, common scab, Verticillium wilt), susceptibility to drought stress impacting tuber number and size; nutrient leaching (especially N) in sandy soils; bruising and storage issues related to Ca deficiency

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