Potato sprout inhibition and tuber quality after treatment with high-energy ionizing radiation

American Journal of Potato Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Frazier, Mary Jo ^a   Kleinkopf, Gale E ^a   Brey, Richard R ^b   Olsen, Nora L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear accelerator; Long term storage; Reducing sugars

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33644680530     PISSN: 1099209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02869607     Document Type: Article

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