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Leafhopper control with DDT in relation to length of season, quality and yield of seventeen potato varieties

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  1. Department of Horticulture, University of Ill., Urbana, Ill.

    M. B. Linn (Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology) & C. Y. Arnold (Associate in Vegetable Crops)

  2. State Natural History Survey, Urbana, Ill.

    J. W. Apple (Associate Entomologist)

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Linn, M.B., Apple, J.W. & Arnold, C.Y. Leafhopper control with DDT in relation to length of season, quality and yield of seventeen potato varieties. American Potato Journal 25, 315–328 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879263

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