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This study indicated that the sodium salt of 2,4-D may be used to increase the red skin-color of Red McClure potatoes without causing a reduction in yield.
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Published with the approval of the Director, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, as Scientific Series Paper No. 323.
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Fults, J.L., Schaal, L.A., Landblom, N. et al. Stabilization and intensification of red skin color in Red McClure potatoes by use of the sodium salt of 2,4-dichloro-phenoxyacetic acid. American Potato Journal 27, 377–395 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850272
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