Growth and productivity of potato as influenced by cultivar and reproductive growth: II. Growth analysis, tuber yield and quality

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-44

  Tekalign, T ^a,b   Hammes, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Berry set; Dry matter content; Growth analysis; Tuber quality; Tuber yield

Indexed keywords

GROWTH;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 17444415363     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2005.01.021     Document Type: Article

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