Yam dormancy: Potential mechanisms for its manipulation

Tropical Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-177

  Barker, D J ^a   Keatinge, J D H ^a,c   Asiedu, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c c/o LW Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical and physical techniques; Dioscorea spp.; Dormancy; Manipulation; Yams

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DORMANCY; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PLANT BREEDING; TUBER;

DIOSCOREA;

EID: 0032708198     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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