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Methods of obtaining seed on russet burbank and similar-flowering varieties of potatoes

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Two methods are described for overcoming the difficulty of using Russet Burbank and similar varieties as female parents in potato breeding. The use of a mechanical girdle on the plant or growing cut stems in nutrient solutions has proved satisfactory. The plant reacts to these treatments by accumulating carbohydrates above the points of constriction or in the cut stem and by retaining and using the seed balls as storage organs. This reaction appears to lengthen the period when successful pollination and fertilization can be accomplished.

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  1. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, United States Department of Agriculture, Aberdeen, Idaho

    John G. Mclean

  2. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Idaho, Aberdeen, Idaho

    John G. Mclean

  3. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, United States Department of Agriculture, Belts-ville, Md.

    F. J. Stevensen

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Published with approval of the Director of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station as Research Paper No. 354. Funds for support of a portion of this project were supplied under terms of the Special Research Program administered by the University of Idaho Research Council.

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Mclean, J.G., Stevensen, F.J. Methods of obtaining seed on russet burbank and similar-flowering varieties of potatoes. American Potato Journal 29, 206–211 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02881340

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