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Effect of date and method of kill on yield, specific gravity and other quality factors of maine potatoes

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  1. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Maine

    G. L. Terman, C. E. Cunningham & Michael Goven

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Agronomist, Assistant Agronomist, and Field Assistant, respectively. The authors are indebted to Hanford Tardy for field assistance and to Mildred Covell and Marion Young for aid in the summary and statistical analyses of the data.

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Terman, G.L., Cunningham, C.E. & Goven, M. Effect of date and method of kill on yield, specific gravity and other quality factors of maine potatoes. American Potato Journal 29, 279–289 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02885264

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