The effect of size and quality of potato microtubers on quality of seed potatoes in the cultivar 'Superior'

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-129

  Park, Se Won ^a   Jeon, Jae Heung ^b   Kim, Hyun Soon ^b   Hong, Se Jin ^c   Aswath, C ^d   Joung, Hyouk ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Firmness; Seed potato; Solanum tuberosum; Sprouting vigor; Storability

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DORMANCY; FOOD STORAGE; POTATO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT; TESTING METHOD; TUBER;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 59349109197     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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