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The relation of physical properties and chemical composition to mealiness in the potato. II. Chemical composition

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  1. A. M. Unrau (Research Assistant)

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, Univ. Farm, St. Paul, Minn.

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    R. E. Nylund (Associate Professor)

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Paper No. 3748 of the Scientific Journal Series of the Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta.

Formerly Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture

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Unrau, A.M., Nylund, R.E. The relation of physical properties and chemical composition to mealiness in the potato. II. Chemical composition. American Potato Journal 34, 303–311 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02855578

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