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Effect of Number of Sprouts per Set on Yield and Grading of Main-Crop Potatoes

Nature volume 182, pages 269–270 (1958)Cite this article

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IT is well known that the number of stems formed by a potato plant profoundly affects the size and number of tubers produced1,2, and that some varieties tend to produce many stems and thus a high proportion of small unsaleable tubers3. If sprouted seed of such varieties with only one or two sprouts per set are planted, the resulting crop contains a high proportion of ware (table potatoes)4.

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TOOSEY, R. Effect of Number of Sprouts per Set on Yield and Grading of Main-Crop Potatoes. Nature 182, 269–270 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182269b0

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