Crop physiology of elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst. Nicolson)]

Advances in Horticultural Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Ravi, V ^a   Ravindran, C S ^a   Suja, G ^a   George, James ^a   Nedunchezhiyan, M ^a   Byju, G ^a   Naskar, S K ^a  

^a CENTRAL TUBER CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Corm; Dormancy; Elephant foot yam; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOPHALLUS; AMORPHOPHALLUS PAEONIIFOLIUS; DIOSCOREA ALATA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 84868245437     PISSN: 03946169     EISSN: 15921573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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