Projects (by Crop Type)
Potato
For information on Manitoba potato research please visit mbpotatoresearch.ca.Controlling Soil Erosion in Potato Farming Systems - Machine Learning (2022)
Crop Types: Potato
Centre(s): CMCDC
Set up a small plot demo for equipment set-up and calibration, system learning, performance testing, and extension.
Development of a Decision Support Tool (DST) for Potato Irrigation Scheduling using Soil and Weather Data Modelling. (2022)
Crop Types: Potato
Centre(s): CMCDC
To evaluate levels of soil moisture in relation to agronomic and environmental factors from the selected fields to develop a potato irrigation scheduling decision support tool to aid potato industry stakeholders with irrigation scheduling decisions for optimum plant and tuber growth.
Effects of Soil Compaction in Potato Crop - Machine Learning (2022)
Crop Types: Potato
Centre(s): CMCDC
Set up a small plot demo for equipment set-up and calibration, system learning, performance testing, and extension.
Evaluation of herbicide injury in potato production systems. (2022)
Crop Types: Potato
Centre(s): CMCDC
To test the sensitivity of potatoes to herbicide injury due to drift and demonstrate in Potato Scouting School for extension.
Impact of Cover Cropping on Potato Yield and Quality (Living Root Project). (2022)
Crop Types: Potato
Centre(s): CMCDC
Keep a living root for as long as possible in the fall helping increase soil health.
Tracking Nitrogen Dynamics within the Potato Root-Zone (2022)
Crop Types: Potato
Centre(s): CMCDC
Examine the effects of different nitrogen application rates on nitrogen dynamics within the potato root-zone in a loamy sand soil, and to analyze the nitrate leaching potential below the root-zone.