Effectiveness of selection for quality traits during the early stage in the potato breeding population

Plant Breeding

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-444

  Xiong, X ^a   Tai, G C C ^a   Seabrook, J E A ^a  

^a FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucose; Microtubers; Minitubers; Processing quality; Reducing sugars; Solanum tuberosum L.; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036808396     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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