Thumbnail Cracks of Potato Tubers
CIS1129
November 25, 2024
Mishandling tubers is a liability for growers. It helps skin defects to emerge, flaws that often repel consumers when they shop for potatoes in a grocery store. The most common one is a thumbnail crack or air check, an arc-shaped crack in the skin that resembles a thumbnail imprint. Prevent their development in this updated bulletin, which presents the current research regarding their cause, how these cracks differ from other potato defects, plus some management tips going forward.
Authors: Michael Thornton, Nora Olsen
3 pages
