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Effect of the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium nutrition of potato plants on the content of free amino-acids and on the amino-acid composition of the protein of the tubers

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Agronomist of the “Landbouwkundig Bureau der Nederlandse Stikstofmeststoffenindustrie”.

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Mulder, E.G., Bakema, K. Effect of the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium nutrition of potato plants on the content of free amino-acids and on the amino-acid composition of the protein of the tubers. Plant Soil 7, 135–166 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01343724

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