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PREVIOUS studies1 have shown that 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid increases the total protein content in potato tubers and that maleic hydrazide upsets cell-division in the meristematic zone in tuber eyes2. The present work was concerned with changes in potato tuber proteins, resulting from plant spray treatments with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), maleic hydrazide, and a combination of the two chemicals. Analyses were made immediately after harvest and after sixty days storage.
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YASUDA, G., PAYNE, M. & FULTS, J. Effect of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid and Maleic Hydrazide on Potato Proteins as shown by Paper Electrophoresis. Nature 176, 1029–1030 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/1761029a0
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