The potential of physical means for the manipulation of yam tuber dormancy

Tropical Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 204-213

  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 L W Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dioscorea rotundata; Dormancy; Shock; Temperature; Water; Yams

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DORMANCY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEAT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; YAM;

EID: 0032726085     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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