Bruising
Symptoms
- Internal damage
- Symptoms only visible below the tuber skin
- Colour: from grey to black/blue
- Symptoms usually visible within a half day to two days
- Can use ‘hot-box’ test to quickly show symptoms
Cause
- Extensive drop heights
- Harvesting, storing and grading at too low temperatures
- Potassium deficiency increases the risk of internal bruising
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