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The influence of environment on the specific gravity, plant maturity and vigor of potato progenies

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  1. North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota

    R. H. Johansen (Professor of Horticulture), D. W. Newsom (Professor of Horticulture and Head) & J. F. Fontenot (Associate Professor of Horticulture)

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Former Professor of Horticulture and Head, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now retired.

Published with the approval of the director of the N. Dak. Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article No. 100.

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Johansen, R.H., Miller, J.C., Newsom, D.W. et al. The influence of environment on the specific gravity, plant maturity and vigor of potato progenies. American Potato Journal 44, 107–122 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862909

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