Phases of dormancy in yam tubers (Dioscorea rotundata)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 497-504

  Ile, E I ^a   Craufurd, P Q ^a   Battey, N H ^a   Asiedu, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dioscorea rotundata; Dormancy; Phases of dormancy; Plant growth regulator; Primary thickening meristem; Shoot apical meristem; Tuber germinating meristem; Yam

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROETHANOL; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; THIOUREA;

DORMANCY; GROWTH REGULATOR; TUBER; YAM;

ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT TUBER; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; ETHYLENE CHLOROHYDRIN; GIBBERELLINS; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TUBERS; THIOUREA;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 33645058901     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl002     Document Type: Article

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