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THE potato (Solanum tuberosum) is cultivated in India in the plains as well as in the hills. In the plains it is difficult to store the crop through the hot season. Hence seed in the plains comes from the hills or is imported. It is also difficult to hold potatoes in the plains in storage for table purposes owing to shrivelling, moth attack, wet and dry rots, high-temperature rot and sprouting. Potatoes after lifting will not sprout during a dormant period varying with temperature, variety and maturity at harvest.
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THE POTATO IN INDIA. Nature 149, 199 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149199b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149199b0