Effect of harvest date on the dormancy period of yam (Dioscorea rotundata)

Tropical Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-107

  Swannell, M C ^a   Wheeler, T R ^a   Asiedu, R ^b   Craufurd, P Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dioscorea rotundata; Dormancy; Storage; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 0038269329     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ts.98     Document Type: Article

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