Size of tuber propagule influences injury of 'Kennebec' potato plants by constant light

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1164-1166

  Cushman, Kent E ^a,b   Tibbitts, Theodore W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b N Mississippi Res and Exten Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

controlled environment; photoperiod; propagation; Solanaceae; Solanum tuberosum; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030430282     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.7.1164     Document Type: Article

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