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Published online 10 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040906-2
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Electrons stop spuds sprouting
Treatment could replace chemical sprays to keep potatoes fresh longer.
There are few sights in the kitchen so woeful as a vegetable rack filled with sprouting potatoes. The white nodules that grow from a potato's eyes are not only unsightly, they seem to suck the very flavour out of a spud.
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