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Bolting, a vegetative variation in the potato
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Bolting, a vegetative variation in the potato

  • W R Stanton1 

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Stanton, W. Bolting, a vegetative variation in the potato. Heredity 6, 37–53 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1952.3

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