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LIMITED GENERATION SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Root and Tuber Crops
OBS

Agriculture Canada's unique flush-through system limits the number of generations and requires that with every new generation the seed must be reduced one class: for example, Elite II seed can produce Elite III but never Elite II again even if the new generation meets elite II standards. (Agriculture Canada document on potatoes published in March 1982.)

Key term(s)
  • flush-through
  • flush-through system
  • flush through

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
OBS

pour le classement des pommes de terre de semence

Spanish

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