Cruinneil: Bidh sgurf airgid tric a’ nochdadh an dèidh 3–4 mìosan sa bhùth nuair a bhios an taiseachd os cionn 90%
Prìomh takeaways
- 3–4 months in store before silver scurf symptoms show
- 90% humidity or higher favours silver scurf development
- 0.5°C per day pull-down is advised to slow the disease
- 3 years out of potatoes is the rotation advised in PNW
Carson a tha e cudromach
- Do thuathanaich
- Planaich togail sgiobalta às dèidh haulm bàs air achaidhean a tha buailteach do sgrìoban airgid agus seachain dùmhlachd le bhith a’ cumail an èadhair beagan nas fhuaire na na tiùban
- Do luchd-malairt
- Thoir sùil air crìoch a’ chraicinn air baidsean a tha air an stòradh mus cuir thu iad gu prògraman reic nighe às dèidh na bliadhna ùire.
- Do sholaraichean
- Offer seed lots with a silver scurf test result and advice on seed treatment registered in the buyer country
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Silver scurf is a slow store disease that mainly hurts washed and packed potatoes, because buyers judge them on skin finish. Guidance from Maine and the US Pacific Northwest agrees that humidity over 90% favours the fungus and that blemishes tend to show after three to four months in storage, around the time many lots are washed for retail. Warmth above roughly 3 to 4°C and, above all, condensation on tubers help it spread. AHDB in Britain recommends cooling at about half a degree per day and cleaning stores every season, while Wisconsin pathologists urge prompt lifting after vine kill. The awkward point is that high humidity is also needed to limit weight loss, so managers must avoid free water rather than dry the air. Packers, seed buyers and store operators should all watch this. The sources give no loss percentages, so the economic impact depends on each market and grade standard.
Silver scurf is a skin disease of potato caused by the fungus Helminthosporium solani. It leaves silvery, shiny patches on the tuber skin. The damage is cosmetic, but washed and packed potatoes can lose their market grade.
Symptoms often develop in store. The Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook says symptoms begin 3 to 4 months after storage. University of Maine Cooperative Extension says symptoms can appear after about four months of storage. Both sources say that high humidity above 90% favours the disease.
Temperature and humidity in store
The Maine bulletin names temperatures greater than 38°F, or 3.3°C, as favourable for silver scurf. The Pacific Northwest handbook says storage below 40°F, or 4.4°C, slows disease development. Cooler temperatures, lower humidity and good ventilation all retard the disease, according to Maine.
Làithean na seachdain. Dì-chlàraich le aon bhriogadh.
This creates a conflict for store managers. Potatoes need high humidity to limit weight loss. Silver scurf prefers the same conditions. Condensation is the biggest problem, according to the levy board AHDB in the United Kingdom. It forms when warm air meets cooler tubers.
AHDB suggests rapid temperature pull-down of 0.5°C per day to hold back the disease. It also advises routine annual store cleaning.
Anns an raon
The longer tubers stay in the soil, the more likely silver scurf becomes a problem, AHDB said. Early lifting can reduce incidence. The University of Wisconsin potato pathology team made a similar point in September 2025. It advised harvesting promptly after vine desiccation to limit both silver scurf and black dot.
Infected seed is a key source of the disease. The Pacific Northwest handbook recommends rotating out of potatoes for at least three years. The Maine bulletin says the pathogen can survive in soil for up to two years without potatoes. Seed treatments and treatments at harvest into store are available, but registrations differ by country.
Carson a tha e cudromach
Packers are strict on skin finish. A crop that looks clean at loading can fail inspection in January or February. That is when many stored lots are washed for retail.
The practical steps are simple. Lift promptly after haulm death, cool quickly, avoid condensation and clean the store every year. Seed buyers should check silver scurf levels before planting.
Photo: Silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani) on a potato tuber (illustrative). Scot Nelson / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Geàrr-chunntas Buntàta Cruinneil
Còig prìomh sgeulachdan, prìsean, rabhaidhean galair agus tachartasan. Madainnean làithean seachdaineach, gun sanasachd.
stòran
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension — Bulletin #2444, Silver Scurf of Potato — https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/2444e/
- Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook — Potato: Silver Scurf — https://pnwhandbooks.org/plantdisease/host-disease/potato-solanum-tuberosum-silver-scurf
- AHDB — Silver Scurf — https://potatoes.ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/silver-scurf
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Vegetable Pathology — Late-Season Management of Black Dot and Silver Scurf (7 Sep 2025) — https://vegpath.plantpath.wisc.edu/2025/09/07/late-season-management-of-black-dot-and-silver-scurf-in-wisconsin-potatoes/
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Cruinneil: Bidh cunnart aodion agus grodadh pinc ag èirigh nuair a thèid buntàta a thogail os cionn teòthachd pronn 18°C
