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The relationship between yield and sprout length after storage in diploid and tetraploid potatoes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. J. De Maine
M. J. De Maine
Affiliation:
Scottish Plant Breeding Station, Pentlandfield, Boslin, Midlothian
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Summary

An observed positive correlation between tuber sprout growth in store and yield and tuber weight was due to the association of short sprouts with small tubers (less than 75 g). Sprout growth in larger tubers appears to be unaffected by tuber weight.

Type
Short Note
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , August 1978 , pp. 253 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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