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Toward Enhanced Seed Potato Yield: Exploring Ultrasonication Techniques in Agricultural Engineering

Version 1 : Received: 4 April 2024 / Approved: 4 April 2024 / Online: 5 April 2024 (08:23:38 CEST)

How to cite: Pszczółkowski, P.; Piotr, B.; Farhan, A. K.; Krochmal-Marczak, B.; Sawicka, B. Toward Enhanced Seed Potato Yield: Exploring Ultrasonication Techniques in Agricultural Engineering. Preprints 2024, 2024040389. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0389.v1 Pszczółkowski, P.; Piotr, B.; Farhan, A. K.; Krochmal-Marczak, B.; Sawicka, B. Toward Enhanced Seed Potato Yield: Exploring Ultrasonication Techniques in Agricultural Engineering. Preprints 2024, 2024040389. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0389.v1

Abstract

Ultrasound, as mechanical waves with frequencies exceeding 20 thousand hertz, has found wide applications in medicine, physiotherapy, and more recently in agriculture. This study aimed to investigate the impact of ultrasound on potato yield and its parameters, particularly on seed potato yield, quantity, mass, and multiplication coefficient of potato tubers. The research was based on a three-year field experiment, utilizing the randomized block design in a split-split-plot arrangement, in the central-eastern region of Poland. The primary factor were technologies: a) technology with employing ultrasonic pre-planting treatment, b) traditional cultivation without this treatment. The secondary factors were potato varieties. Sonication of tubers was conducted using a bath-type ultrasonic device equipped with piezoe-lectric transducers. Results revealed a significant influence of cultivation technology, cultivar, and weather conditions on seed tubers yield, quantity, and multiplication coefficient of potato tubers. However, genetic traits of the examined varieties and random factors significantly affected the individual seed tuber mass and the number of shoots emerging from a single tuber. Future Outlook: Future research could focus on further optimizing ultrasound application techniques in potato cultivation, considering diverse varieties and environmental conditions. Additionally, it would be worthwhile to analyze the long-term effects of ultrasound on tuber seed potato quality and their ability to adapt to changing climatic and soil conditions. Furthermore, studies investi-gating the impact of ultrasound on other plant species could broaden our understanding of po-tential benefits in agriculture.

Keywords

Cultivation technology; Agricultural engineering; Piezoelectric transducers; Genetic traits; Environmental conditions; Climate adaptation; Ultrasonication; Seed potato

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy

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