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Sugar beets and climate: Effects of night and day temperature and day length on beet growth and sugar production investigated
Author
Albert UlrichAuthor Affiliations
Albert Ulrich is Associate Plant Physiologist, University of California College of Agriculture, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 5(6):3-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v005n06p3. June 1951.
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Abstract
The importance of climate on the raising of a bumper crop of sugar beets is being studied in controlled climate experiments in the laboratory.
Ulrich A. 1951. Sugar beets and climate: Effects of night and day temperature and day length on beet growth and sugar production investigated. Hilgardia 5(6):3-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v005n06p3
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