Effect of Whole Seed Tuber Size and Pre-plant Storage Conditions on Yield and Tuber Size Distribution of Russet Burbank

American Journal of Potato Research, Nov/Dec 2004 by Arsenault, Walter J, Christie, Bert R

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to thank A. Malone for technical assistance and T. L. Gallant for manuscript compilation and editing.

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Walter J. Arsenault* and Bert R. Christie

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4N6

* Corresponding author: Tel: 902-566-6834; Fax: 902-566-6821; Email: arsenaultw@agr.gc.ca