Effect of cassava variety and processing methods on the performance of 'kudeme' in agbelima production

Food Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 199-204

  Ellis, W O ^a   Dziedzoave, N T ^b   Boakye, K ^a   Simpson, B K ^c   Smith, J P ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agbelima; Cassava; Kudeme; Traditional inoculum

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0031206067     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-7135(97)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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