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The influence of storage factors on endogenous ethylene production by potato tubers

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Throughout a 7-month storage period, Russet Burbank tubers continuously ventilated at 32 F (0 C) and 45 F (7.2 C) with atmospheres of 2% O2, air, 4% CO2, and intermittently ventilated with air, evolved ethylene at a rate no greater than 0.008 μ 1 Kg−1 hr−1. Tubers stored in 80% O2 and 12% CO2 produced ethylene at much higher rates. In all cases where sprouting occurred, the rate of ethylene production increased.

Inoculation withFusarium roseum greatly stimulated ethylene production but inoculation withAlternaria solani did not.

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  1. Dept. of Hort., Texas A & M Univ., 77840, College Station, Texas

    D. L. Creech

  2. Dept. of Hort., Colo. State Univ., 80521, Fort Collins, Colorado

    M. Workman (Professor)

  3. Dept. of Bot. and Pl. Path., Colo. State Univ., 80521, Fort Collins, Colorado

    M. D. Harrison (Associate Professor)

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Published with the approval of the Director, Colo. Agri. Exp. Sta. as Scientific Journal Series No. 1802. Taken in part from the thesis submitted by the senior author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree, Colo. State Univ.

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Creech, D.L., Workman, M. & Harrison, M.D. The influence of storage factors on endogenous ethylene production by potato tubers. American Potato Journal 50, 145–150 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853204

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