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Protein content and specific gravity of Red McClure potatoes increased by 2,4-D treatment

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Treatment of growing Red McClure potato plants with 2,4-D at a rate of one-half pound per acre produces tubers with significantly higher protein content and with a significantly higher specific gravity.

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Published with the approval of the Director, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, as Scientific Series Paper No. 398. Supported in part by a research grant from the Herman Frasch Foundation and a grant from the San Luis Valley Farm Committee.

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Payne, M.G., Fults, J.L., Hay, R.J. et al. Protein content and specific gravity of Red McClure potatoes increased by 2,4-D treatment. American Potato Journal 30, 46–49 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859973

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