date:May 09, 2022
n tubers are cut.
Tyler Thompson (former Farm Manager at the San Louis Valley Research Center) worked with Ronald Price (Research Farm Technician at the San Louis Valley Research Center) to develop a Flame Sterilizing Potato Seed Tuber Cutting Machine.
The basic concept of this invention involves heating seed cutting discs (using a fuel mixture of acetylene and compressed air) to about 250F to effectively kill all pathogens, thereby limiting the spread of disease. A patent application describi