Physico-chemical characterisation of yam (Dioscorea alata L.) tubers from Vanuatu

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1199-1208

  Lebot, V ^a   Malapa, R ^a   Molisale, T ^b   Marchand, J L ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b VARTC   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Chemotypes; Dioscorea alata; Food quality; Germplasm; Starch

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 43649103867     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-2013-2     Document Type: Article

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