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Potato production in Tasmania, Australia - An overview of climate, soils and practices

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posted on 2023-05-22, 18:02 authored by Sparrow, LA, Cotching, W
Tasmania is an important potato production area of Australia. Its unique combination of climate and soils help determine the scale of operations and shape the diverse farming system practiced by growers. This chapter briefly describes Tasmania's geography, the farming systems of which potato production is part, and introduces some of the management challenges facing the industry, which are the subjects of further discussion in Chaps. 16-19.

History

Publication title

Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies

Editors

Z He, R Larkin, W Honeycutt

Pagination

275-280

ISBN

978-94-007-4103-4

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

Germany

Extent

30

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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  • Restricted

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Field grown vegetable crops

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