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GERMINATION VERT [1 record]

Record 1 1996-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Root and Tuber Crops
DEF

The practice of allowing potatoes which are to be used for seed to be exposed to the air and light until small, sturdy, green sprouts appear at the eyes.

CONT

Chitting (also called green sprouting, pre-sprouting) involves holding seed tubers for a period of time at cool temperatures in the light prior to planting. This process ... results in earlier emergence ...

Key term(s)
  • presprouting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
OBS

des pommes de terre de semence; se fait dans un germoir

Spanish

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