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Resistance of some American potato varieties to the late blight of potatoes

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Authorized for publication on December 13, 1952, as paper No. 1774 in the journal series of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station, and as paper No. 169 of the Department of Botany.

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Peterson, L.C., Mills, W.R. Resistance of some American potato varieties to the late blight of potatoes. American Potato Journal 30, 65–70 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859919

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