Storage of West African yam (Dioscorea spp.) seeds: Modelling seed survival under controlled storage environments

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-147

  Daniel, I O ^a   Ng, N Q ^b   Tayo, T O ^a   Togun, A O ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA DUMETORUM; DIOSCOREA TOGOENSIS;

EID: 0041355240     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2003.31.1.14     Document Type: Article

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