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Micro tubers of 3 weight categories with means of 0.63 g, 1.25 g or 2.50 g and in vitro plants were planted in nursery beds at densities of 24 and 48 plants per m2. The average tuber numbers and tuber weights were, respectively, 38% and 17% higher at 48 than at 24 plants per m2. In vitro plants produced significantly more but smaller tubers than did plants grown from micro tubers. Plants grown from the larger micro tubers produced a similar number of tubers but larger ones than did plants grown from small micro tubers. Tuber yields and multiplication rates are discussed.
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Wiersema, S.G., Cabello, R., Tovar, P. et al. Rapid seed multiplication by planting into beds micro tubers and in vitro plants. Potato Res 30, 117–120 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357690
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