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Drying potatoes for 2 weeks after harvest decreased the severity of skin spot, silver scurf, black dot and black scurf after 20–26 weeks' storage at 5°C. Diseases were decreased more after early than late harvest.
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Hide, G.A., Boorer, K.J. Effects of drying potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) after harvest on the incidence of disease after storage. Potato Res 34, 133–137 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02358034
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