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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

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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

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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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