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The Development and Properties of the Tuber of the Potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) Part I: Variability of Tubers
Author(s) -
Meredith P.,
Meredith Peter
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19880400903
Subject(s) - solanum tuberosum , specific gravity , biology , horticulture , botany , agronomy , mathematics , chemistry , mineralogy
A series of studies that show the great variability of tubers between plants and within one plant. “Twinning”, the tendency for a plant to bear several tubers of similar size, is introduced, and a relationship between size and specific gravity of tubers is shown briefly.