Interaction among cultural factors in microtuberization of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)

Tropical Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Balogun, M O ^a   Fawole, I ^a   Ng, S Y C ^b,c   Ng, N Q ^d   Shiwachi, H ^b,c   Kikuno, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d United Nations Environment Programme   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cultural conditions; Culture medium; Dioscorea; Microtuberization; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 33645387255     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ts.61     Document Type: Article

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