Periderm and lenticel characterization in relation to potato cultivar, soil moisture and tuber maturity

Potato Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-190

  Tyner, D N ^a   Hocart, M J ^a   Lennard, J H ^a   Graham, D C ^a  

^a Edinburgh School of Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Erwinia carotovora ssp. atroseptica; Lenticel penetration; Solanum tuberosum L.; Suberin; Suberization; Tuber development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030668451     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358244     Document Type: Article

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