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Relationships between set characters and yield in maincrop potatoes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. K. A. Bleasdale
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick

Extract

1. Data are presented indicating that both the total yield of potatoes and the proportions of the yield in size grades were a function (independent of set size) of the number of main stems per unit area for the maincrop varieties Majestic and King Edward.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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