Amir, J., Division of Agronomy, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel
Kahn, V., Division of Food Technology, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel
Unterman, M., Division of Agronomy, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

Potato tuber buds may be excised by immersion of the tubers in a mixture of EtOH-Me2CO (1:1) for 4 hr. This enabled the study of the effect of tuber aging (at 17°) on the starch-to-sugar conversion during storage at 4°, in the absence of complications due to sprouting. Sugar accumulation during a two-week period of storage at 4° decreased with increasing time of prior storage at 17°. © 1977.