Sensory evaluation: The last hurdle in varietal development of yams (Dioscorea rotundata, poir) in Ghana

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5747-5754

  Otoo, E ^a   Asiedu, R ^b  

^a CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dioscorea; Enzymatic oxidation; Farmer participatory breeding; Ghana; Yams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AROMA; ARTICLE; COLOR; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GHANA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PERCEPTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 71649099258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1053     Document Type: Article

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