Drought tolerance of selected South African Taro (Colocasia Esculenta L. Schott) landraces

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 451-466

  Mabhaudhi, T ^a   Modi, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 84929878109     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479714000416     Document Type: Article

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