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Published with the authorization of the Director as Paper 160 of the Journal Series of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.
This paper, which was read before the joint session of the American Society for Horticultural Science and the American Society of Plant Physiologists, is based in part on data published in Nebr. Agr. Res. Bul. 75—and in part on data that will be published more fully at an early date.
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Werner, H.O. The effect of temperature, photoperiod and nitrogen level upon tuberization in the potato. American Potato Journal 12, 274–280 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890823
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