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A comparison of variability in storage behaviour of seed tubers from true potato seed and clonal tubers

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The tuber-to-tuber variability in storage behaviour of seed tubers from true potato seed was compared with that in clonal seed tubers after storage in the dark, in diffused light, or in diffused light with a single desprouting. The variability was estimated by calculating standard deviations of length, number and weight of sprouts, and tuber weight loss. After dark storage, the variability of these variables was greater in seed tubers from true potato seed than in clonal seed tubers. After storage in diffused light with a single desprouting, the variability of number, length and weight of sprouts of seed tubers from true seed was not statistically different from that observed in clonal seed tubers. All storage treatments resulted in a greater variability of tuber weight loss in seed tubers from true potato seed than in clonal tubers.

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Wiersema, S.G., Cabello, R. A comparison of variability in storage behaviour of seed tubers from true potato seed and clonal tubers. Potato Res 30, 485–489 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361925

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