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Yield variability among Katahdin seed sources

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Considerable yield differences were found among certified Katahdin seed sources. Some of this variability may be due to virus X and some due to cultural and storage practices. The amount of variability deviates from year to year. These differences in yield among sources might possibly be minimized through cultural and storage techniques in the seed-producing areas.

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  1. Long Island Vegetable Research Farm, Riverhead, L. I., N. Y.

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Paper No. 460, Department of Vegetable Crops, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

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Sawyer, R.L., Cetas, R.C. Yield variability among Katahdin seed sources. American Potato Journal 39, 116–121 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02864803

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