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Re-evaluation of some techniques and their effect on stimulating flowering in four Irish potato varieties in Louisiana

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An experiment was set up to evaluate the effect of three techniques on the flowering of four varieties of Irish potatoes commonly grown in Louisiana. Records were taken in regard to the production of flower clusters and open flowers. As averages of the four varieties, flowering was highly stimulated by the wire girdling and stem incision treatments. The pruning of stolons had no significant effect on flowering. None of the treatments had a significant effect on the flowering of the sparsely blooming varieties, Triumph and Red LaSoda. The flowering of both Sebago and Katahdin was greatly increased by wire girdling; meanwhile the maximum increase in flowering of Sebago was obtained through stem incision.

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  1. Department of Horticulture, Louisiana State University, USA

    Aly Ezzat Abdel-Wahab (Graduate Student)

  2. Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, USA

    Julian C. Miller (Head)

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  1. Aly Ezzat Abdel-Wahab
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One of two papers in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Louisiana State University.

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Abdel-Wahab, A.E., Miller, J.C. Re-evaluation of some techniques and their effect on stimulating flowering in four Irish potato varieties in Louisiana. American Potato Journal 40, 53–57 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862758

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