Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Abstract
A comparative yield trial with thirty-six
named varieties and numbered selections of
potatoes was conducted at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station’s (AFES) Palmer Research
Center during the 1987 growing season. The
trial was conducted at the Matanuska Research
Farm, located 6 miles west o f Palmer on Trunk
Road.
Nonirrigated trials have been conducted
each year beginning in 1982, and irrigated trials
were begun in 1985. Results of previous trials
have been recorded in Circulars 49, 54, and
58, available at the Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station offices in Fairbanks and
Palmer. Varieties with a history of commercial
production in the Matanuska Valley (including
'Alaska 114', 'Bakeking', 'Green Mountain',
'Kennebec', and 'Superior') are included and
serve as a comparative base for newly developed
varieties, numbered selections, or older
varieties that heretofore have not been tested at
this location. Varieties that com pare favorably
with the above-listed standards may warrant
some consideration by commercial growers.
Also included in this report are the results
of abbreviated versions of the AFES
potato yield trial that were conducted by cooperating
individuals and agencies at nine locations
throughout the state.Introduction -- Matanuska Farm Yield Trials: Cultural Practices and Environmental Conditions, Results and Discussion -- Trials at Other Locations in Alaska: General Procedures, Specific Site Information: Ambler, Copper Center, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Kake, Kenai and Soldotna, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Palmer, Trapper Cree
