Shoot development and flowering in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Potato Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-607

  Almekinders, C J M ^a   Struik, P C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assimilate partitioning; Flower primordia survival; Flower production; Photoperiod; Stem production; Temperature; Time to flower primordia initiation; Tuber initiation

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030438073     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358477     Document Type: Review

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