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Modification of potato tuber size by N-dimethylamino succinamic acid

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Tuber size in potato was reduced by treatment with the growth regulant B 995. The response was greatest when plants were treated shortly after crop emergence.

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  1. CIBA Agrochemicals, Whittlesford, Cambridge, England

    D. Laycock

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Laycock, D. Modification of potato tuber size by N-dimethylamino succinamic acid. Potato Res 14, 234–236 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361837

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