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Paper No. 521, Department of Vegetable Crops, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Associate Geneticist, on leave from Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario.
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Lujan, L., Smith, O. Potato quality XXIV. Objective measurement of mealiness in potatoes. American Potato Journal 41, 244–252 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02855154
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