@article{Findlen:313089,
      recid = {313089},
      author = {Findlen, H. },
      title = {Storage of Potatoes in Pallet Boxes for Chip Manufacture   },
      address = {1962-04},
      number = {2393-2021-2324},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 535},
      pages = {26},
      year = {1962},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report Introduction:  Potato chip  companies now attempt to obtain potatoes that can be  processed at once into light-colored chips, without  reconditioning the potatoes at the chip plant.  Storage  temperatures much below 50° F. result in excessive  accumulation of reducing-sugars in potatoes and consequent  undesirable dark-colored chips.  Although raising the  temperature to 70° to 80° for 1 to 4 weeks following cool  storage may restore the potatoes to the desired condition,  this process is costly and uncertain.  High real-estate  values at many of the chip plant locations make extensive  reconditioning facilities too costly there.  Moreover, a  certain amount of risk is involved in reconditioning  potatoes.  Sometimes this process cannot be accomplished at  all or within a reasonable length of time.  By the time the  processor has determined this, the potatoes have become  almost worthless for other uses because of sprouting,  shriveling, and decay.  Potatoes stored at 50° F. or higher  soon begin to sprout and unless used shortly after  sprouting begins, excessive loss of weight results.  Zukel  was probably the first to demonstrate that the foliar  application of maleic hydrazide (MH) would inhibit potato  sprouting at moderate temperatures.  Following this  discovery many investigators gave attention to this  problem.  Results of many studies show that application 4  to 6 weeks before harvest at the rate of 2 to 3 pounds of  the active ingredient per acre was apparently best.   Patterson and others obtained beneficial effects on the  specific gravity and color of potato chips from the use of  maleic hydrazide, but in general other workers have not  obtained these effects.  This report deals with a study of  pilot-plant size to test the commercial feasibility of  storing potatoes in 1-ton pallet boxes that could be  handled with forklift equipment, at temperatures high  enough to insure good chip color and yield by using foliar  applications of MH to prevent excessive sprouting during  long storage.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313089},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.313089},
}