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Reduction of cracking of late crop potatoes at harvest time by root cutting or vine killing

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Published with the approval of the Director as number 286 of the Journal series of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, December, 1940.

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Werner, H.O., Dutt, J.O. Reduction of cracking of late crop potatoes at harvest time by root cutting or vine killing. American Potato Journal 18, 189–208 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02886489

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