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Interaction of light and gibberellin on potato seed germination

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The percentage of germination in recently harvested potato seed was greater in darkness or short photoperiods and at low light intensities. A combination of gibberellic acid and reduced amounts of light gave nearly complete germination in ten days.

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El porcentaje de germinacion en semillas de patatas recientamente cosechado fue mas grande en oscuridad o en fotoperiodos cortos y en luz de baja intensidad. La combinacion del acido giberelico y luz en cantidades reducidas cedio germinacion casi completo en diez dias.

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Journal Paper No. 2827, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station.

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Lam, SL., Erickson, H.T. Interaction of light and gibberellin on potato seed germination. American Potato Journal 43, 443–449 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862733

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