Treating irish potato tubers with sprout inhibiting products

Several sprout inhibiting products were tested on Irish potato tubers. "Ipnogerm", a methyl-acetate compound, gave best results, reducing tuber sprouting and loss of weight, "Aaservo", on the basis of isopropil-phenyl-earbamate, was less effective, while "Barsprout", a methyl ester of the alfa-naphtalene acetic acid, was the most effective on the control of tuber soft rot. The dry rot disease caused by Fusarium, during storage, was better controlled by "Fusarex", a tetra-chloro-nitro-bcnzene product, ''Agermina", a methyl-ester of the alfa-naphtalene acetic acid, and "Ralentone", on the basis of alkani-methyl-naphta-lene. As a rule, "Ipnogerm", "Aaservo", and "Tuberite", the latter based on isopropil-phenyl-carbamate, should not be used on seed-potato, while "Fusarex", "Ralentone" and "Agermina", may be recommended for this purpose, according to results obtained from plantings made with treated tubers.