Stability of total carotenoid concentration and fresh yield of selected yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

Journal of Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 14-20

  Ssemakula, G ^a   Dixon, A G O ^a   Maziya Dixon, B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; Micronutrients; Yellow fleshed cassava

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 38949094951     PISSN: 0971636X     EISSN: 09735399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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