Treatment with sprouting inhibitors

(chlorpropham, ethylene, carvone, etc.)

Sprouting inhibitors can induce two types of symptoms:

• prominent brown areas on the surface of the tuber following the application of CIPC to wet and/or newly harvested tubers (photos 1 and 2);

• losses and anomalies on emergence when replanting tubers that have been in contact with equipment or buildings with treatment residues, especially with CIPC due to the long persistence of the product or with overdosing of sprout inhibitors (photo 3).