A range of physical means of manipulating yam tuber dormancy was tested, including the use of temperature, water, electric shock, microwave, heat and storage treatments. Most treatments had very little practical effect on tuber dormancy though differences in dormancy length between clones were de...
Barker, D.J.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[The potential of physical means for the manipulation of yam tuber dormancy]
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The potential of physical means for the manipulation of yam tuber dormancy
Yam mosaic virus (YMV), genus Potyvirus; family Potyviridae is the most important virus infecting Dioscorea spp. in the tropics. It induces a variety of symptoms ranging from mild mosaic on leaves of infected plants to stunted growth. Field and laboratory studies were conducted in Nigeria to iden...
Odu, B.O.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Hughes, J.
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Shoyinka, S.A.
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Oladiran, O.A.
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[Evaluation of resistance to yam mosaic virus (YMV), genus Potyvirus in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)]
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Evaluation of resistance to yam mosaic virus (YMV), genus Potyvirus in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)
Over recent years, pest and disease epidemics have affected the reliability of the main food crops in Uganda. Attempts to improve crop diversity therefore, and reduce reliance on the key staple crops, have included the promotion of yam (Dioscorea spp.) through the introduction of improved cultiva...
Coyne, D.L.
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Kajumba, C.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Expanding guinea yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in Uganda: results of a short survey in Luweero district]
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Expanding guinea yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in Uganda: results of a short survey in Luweero district
In vitro culture media capable of regenerating moderate to high shoots and/or plantlets from meristems
of two yam species – Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea alata within comparable duration of 10 weeks
as commonly obtained in other monocots and root and tuber crops were investigated. The study
c...
Adeniyi, O.J.
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Adetimirin, V.O.
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Ingelbrecht, I.L.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Shoot and plantlet regeneration from meristems of Dioscorea rotundata poir and Dioscorea alata L.]
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Shoot and plantlet regeneration from meristems of Dioscorea rotundata poir and Dioscorea alata L.
Nineteen white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) genotypes were grown in four agroecological zones in Nigeria for 2 years to study their responses to yam virus diseases, and to investigate the influence of genotype × environment (G × E) interactions on their reactions to virus infection, using the ...
Odu, B.O.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Shoyinka, S.A.
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Hughes, J.D.
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[Reaction of white guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) genotypes to virus diseases in four agroecological zones in Nigeria]
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Reaction of white guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) genotypes to virus diseases in four agroecological zones in Nigeria
Cultivar evaluation and mega-environment identification are the most important objectives of multi-environment trials (MET). The objective of this study was to assess the effect of genotype and genotype x environment interaction on the tuber yield of 18 yellow yam (D. cayenensis L.) genotypes via...
Otoo, E.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Cultivar evaluation and megaenvironment investigation of Dioscorea cayenensis cultivars in Ghana based on the GGE Biplot analysis]
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Cultivar evaluation and megaenvironment investigation of Dioscorea cayenensis cultivars in Ghana based on the GGE Biplot analysis
Progress is being made at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture to develop molecular tools for marker-assisted selection that would complement and expedite conventional breeding approaches for genetic improvement of yams (Dioscorea spp.). F1 mapp...
Sartie, A.M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Development of mapping populations for genetic analysis in yams (Dioscorea rotundata and D. alata)]
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Development of mapping populations for genetic analysis in yams (Dioscorea rotundata and D. alata)
Field and storage evaluation of four yam cultivars TDr 131 (Dioscorea rotundata), TDa 85/00257 (D. alata), Igangan (Dioscorea cayenensis), TDe 3041 (D. esculenta) in intercrop with three other crops, cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), ginger (Zingiber oficinale) and maize (Zea mays) to the occur...
Oluwatayo, J.I.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Adesiyan, S.O.
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[Studies on population buildup of Scutellonema bradys in Dioscorea species]
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Studies on population buildup of Scutellonema bradys in Dioscorea species
The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of photoperiod on the duration from vine (shoot) emergence to flowering in white or Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata). The duration from vine emergence to flowering in two clonal varieties of yam (TDr 131 and TDr 99-9) was recorded at 10 diffe...
Ile, E.I.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Battey, N.H.
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[Duration from vine emergence to flowering suggests a longday or rate of change of photoperiod response in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir)]
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Duration from vine emergence to flowering suggests a longday or rate of change of photoperiod response in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir)
To induce sprouting two gibberellin inhibitors, uniconazole-P (UP) and prohexadione-calcium (PC), were applied to foliage of white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) and water yam (D. alata) 30 days before harvest or to tubers at harvest. The tuber sprouting period was shortened by about 35 days in...
Shiwachi, H.
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Ayankanmi, T.G.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Onjo, M.
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[Influence of exogenous gibberellins inhibitors on tuber sprouting in yam]
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Influence of exogenous gibberellins inhibitors on tuber sprouting in yam