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Timing maleic hydrazide sprays to stage of plant development

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Maleic hydrazide sprays, 3 pounds per acre, applied at blossom fall gave consistently good sprout control. Sprays at this stage of plant development gave good results to potatoes planted early or late in the season.

Maleic hydrazide sprays had no effect on black spot or peeling discoloration. There was no consistent detrimental effect on chipping quality.

Late date of planting tended to decrease sprouting and black spot but had no consistent effect on specific gravity.

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  1. Long Island Vegetable Research Farm, Cornell University, Riverhead, N. Y.

    R. L. Sawyer & S. L. Dallyn

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Paper No. 412, Department of Vegetable Crops, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

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Sawyer, R.L., Dallyn, S.L. Timing maleic hydrazide sprays to stage of plant development. American Potato Journal 35, 620–625 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02854992

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