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The relationship between temperature and sprout growth in stored seed potatoes

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Sprout growth in a range of European cultivars was studied over two seasons at constant temperatures from 2 to 25°C, with an additional 33 (day)/22°C (night) treatment in the second season. There were only minor differences in the response of the cultivars and the optimum for sprout growth was at 15–18°C in all cases, when measured over an extended period, but initially sprout growth was more rapid at 23–25°C. Sprout growth at 23–25°C was frequently arrested by sub-apical necrosis, and at these temperatures the sprouts remained short enough for the tubers to be planted by hand without desprouting.

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    E. McGee, M. C. Jarvis & H. J. Duncan

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McGee, E., Jarvis, M.C. & Duncan, H.J. The relationship between temperature and sprout growth in stored seed potatoes. Potato Res 29, 521–524 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357916

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