Yam production is constrained by scarcity of clean seed, pests, diseases and low soil fertility in the informal seed system, which is still operational, causing up to 90% yield losses. Although meristem culture can be effective for producing healthy seed yam, its use is limited by slow rate of re...
Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors]
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Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors
Inadequate availability of disease-free planting materials remains a major constraint to yam production.
The tissue culture technique has been used to regenerate disease-free plantlets from pre-formed, heattreated
meristems followed by micropropagation. This procedure, however, has a low multipli...
Ossai, C.
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Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Development of micropropagation system for yam (Dioscorea spp.) using somatic embryogenesis]
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Development of micropropagation system for yam (Dioscorea spp.) using somatic embryogenesis
Aims: To study yam propagation and seed yam tuber production in aeroponics system.Study Design: The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block designand treatments were replicated three times.Place of Study: This experiment was carried out at the International Institute of TropicalAg...
Maroya, N.
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Balogun, M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Augusto, J.
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[Yam propagation using Aeroponics technology]
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Yam propagation using Aeroponics technology