The effect of the environment on the loss of weight and germination of seed potatoes during storage
1919
We have found in the course of our study of the factors constituting the environment of stored tubers that: Germination can be satisfactorily retarded by lowering the temperature to 3.74 degrees C., or by reducing the oxygen supply to an extent which is tantamount to storing in "dead air." Germination can be retarded by storing in "dead air" at a mean temperature of 9.31 degrees C. more effectively than by storing in free air at 3.74 degrees C. Loss of weight is markedly affected by the relative humidity of the air. Saturated air and dry air are both to be avoided, the former because transpiration is inordinately increased and the latter because condensation of water vapor occurs, forming a nidus favorable to the development of molds.
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