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Depression of potato yields by Bordeaux mixture during a dry summer

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Potatoes have been sprayed each summer for the past few years with Bordeaux mixture, DDT, zineb, and combinations of these materials in an effort to discover any possible influence they may have on chipping quality.

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  1. Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta., Wooster, Ohio

    J. P. Sleesman

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Wilson, J.D., Sleesman, J.P. Depression of potato yields by Bordeaux mixture during a dry summer. American Potato Journal 33, 177–184 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879214

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