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THE use of a growth-inhibiting vapour for the commercial suppression of the sprouting of potatoes offers certain advantages over the employment of suppressant dusts, though these have been used with success. In particular, application of the treatment can be delayed until signs of sprouting are observed—which in some years, when the onset of sprouting is late, can lead to an appreciable saving in cost—and the farmer need not decide whether or not to employ a sprout suppressant until some time after harvest, when he may be in a better position to know whether it is likely to be advantageous to store his potatoes late. Attempts have therefore been made to use a number of gases and vapours, as, for example, ethylene1.
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BURTON, W. Suppression of the Sprouting of Potatoes by the Vapour of Alcohols. Nature 178, 218 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178218a0
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