Combination effects of temperature and photoperiod on the development of flowering spikes and tubers in Chinese yams (Dioscorea opposita cv. Ichoimo)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 603-607

  Yoshida, Yasunori ^a   Seino, Takamasa ^b   Kanahama, Koki ^b  

^a Akita Prefectural Coll Agr   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioscorea opposita; Photoperiod; Spike; Temperature; Tuber

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA OPPOSITA; DIOSCOREA OPPOSITIFOLIA;

EID: 0033008582     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.68.603     Document Type: Article

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