Potato seed tuber physiological age and tolerance of attack by the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida

Seed tubers conditioned to 0, 200 or 400 day-degrees above 4t were grown in land infested with Q. pallida. Plants from 400 day-degree seed emerged earlier, had larger canopies and greater dry weights early in the growing season than plants from 0 day-degree seed. However, physiological ageing reduce...

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Main Author: Haydock, Patrick Peter John
Published: University of Bedfordshire 1990
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280556