Quality of Potatoes Treated With Selected Insecticides and Potato-haulm Killers

SummaryTreatment with aldicarb and demeton-S-methyl had no influence on the dry weight or on the starch or protein contents, but increased the content of ascorbic acid by up to 25%. Diquat, dinoseb and metoxuron had no effect on dry weight or starch content; dinoseb and metoxuron increased the protein and ascorbic acid contents by up to 20%. The effects of the pesticide treatments on the chemical composition of freshly harvested potatoes were maintained during their cold storage.