Post-harvest treatment of seed tubers with gibberellic acid and field performance of yam (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata) in Ivory Coast

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Tsghannen, A B ^a,b   Esgher, F ^c   Stamp, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS-ROTUNDATA;

EID: 18844417422     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479704002455     Document Type: Article

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