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Results of potato seed-piece treatment tests in Kern County, California

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  1. Maple Leaf Farms Inc., Wasco, Cal.

    John L. Nickel

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All tests were conducted in Kern County, California with the exception of the Spring 1951 laboratory tests which were conducted in Berkeley, California while the author was a student at the University of Cal.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02861638.

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Nickel, J.L. Results of potato seed-piece treatment tests in Kern County, California. American Potato Journal 31, 245–251 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859901

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