The effect of some environmental factors on potato tuber numbers

Potato Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-306

  Wurr, D C E ^a   Hole, C C ^a   Fellows, Jane R ^a   Milling, Jane ^a   Lynn, J R ^a   O'Brien, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Below ground nodes; Light; Solanum tuberosum L; Stolon growth medium; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031435675     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358011     Document Type: Article

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