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Mini tuber production using yam (Dioscorea rotundata) vines

dc.contributor.authorShiwachi, H.
dc.contributor.authorKikuno, H.
dc.contributor.authorAsiedu, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:19:00Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:19:00Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationShiwachi, H., Kikuno, H. & Asiedu, R. (2005). Mini tuber production using yam (Dioscorea rotundata) vines. Tropical Science, 45(4), 163-169.
dc.identifier.issn0041-3291
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3371
dc.description.abstractMini tubers were produced from two varieties of Dioscorea rotundata using vine cuttings planted in carbonized rice husk or coco-peat in a screen house. The cuttings established better and produced more mini tubers in carbonized rice husk than in coco-peat 100 days after planting. Vine cuttings of seven varieties planted in carbonized rice husk produced 1.7 ± 0.8 mini tubers per cutting with mean weight of 3.0 ± 2.7 g and 70.1% moisture content. About 63% of these sprouted after 77–105 days of storage under ambient air temperature. Vine cuttings of D. rotundata can be used to produce mini tubers within 100–120 days that could be used in germplasm exchange and for production of seed yams.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCarbonized Rice Husk
dc.subjectDioscorea Rotundata
dc.subjectMini Tuber
dc.subjectVine Cutting
dc.subjectSeed Yams Production
dc.subjectSprouting
dc.titleMini tuber production using yam (Dioscorea rotundata) vines
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationTokyo University of Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionEast Asia
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryJapan
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectGenetic Improvement
cg.iitasubjectHandling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Genetic Resources
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectYam
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid95045
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ts.22


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