Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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Potato Plant Photo Courtesy of http://persoon.si.edu/PlantImages/

References

Cordell, L.S. and N. Foster. 1992. Chilies to
   chocolate: food the Americas gave the world. The
   University of Arizona Press, Arizona and London.

 

Donnelly, J. S. 2001. The great Irish potato famine.
   Sutton Publishing, Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire.

 

Heimann, M.F. and W.R. Stevenson. 1982. Potato
   (Solanum lycopersicon) disorder: common scab.
   University of Wisconsin—extension, Madison,
   Wisconsin.

 

Jacques, R.L. 1988. The potato beetles : the genus
      Leptinotarsa in North America (Coleoptera,
      Chrysomelidae). E.J. Brill, Leiden, New York.

 

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Meltzer, M. 1992. The amazing potato: a story in
   which the Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette,
   Thomas Jefferson, wars, famines, immigrants, and
   french fries all play a part. HarperCollins, New York,
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Salaman, R., W.G. Burton and J.G. Hawkes. 1985.
   The history and social influence of the potato.
   Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York.

 

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