Use of gibberellic acid to prolong dormancy and reduce losses during traditional storage of yams

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 172-178

  Girardin, Olivier ^a   Nindjin, Charlemagne ^a   Farah, Zakaria ^b   Escher, Felix ^b   Stamp, Peter ^b   Otokoré, Dama ^c  

^a CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Universite Nationale de Cote dIvoire   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Dioscorea spp; Dormancy; GA3; Germination; Gibberellic acid; Ivory Coast; Traditional storage; Yam

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; STORAGE; YAM;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS;

EID: 0031864182     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199806)77:2<172::AID-JSFA21>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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