This study was designed to evaluate the effects of some root - promoting substances on rooting andmini tuber formation using vine cuttings obtained from two genotypes (TDr 335 and TDr 93 - 49) of whiteyam (D. rotundata). The ashes were obtained from rice straw, bamboo, Gliricidia sepium, dry leav...
Agele, S.O.
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Ayankanmi, T.G.
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Kikuno, H.
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[Effects of synthetic hormone substitutes and genotypes on rooting and mini tuber production of vines cuttings obtained from white yam (Dioscorea rotundata, Poir)]
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Effects of synthetic hormone substitutes and genotypes on rooting and mini tuber production of vines cuttings obtained from white yam (Dioscorea rotundata, Poir)
Growth of varieties of Dioscorea alata and D. rotundata were stunted when they were grown in nutrient solutions containing 5 to 60 mg l−1 Fe. In D. alata variety TDa 95/00361, plants grown in 60 mg l−1 Fe solution exhibited reductions of 29–65% in plant height, leaf length and width, number of le...
Shiwachi, H.
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Kikuno, H.
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Okonkwo, C.C.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Iron toxicity symptoms in yams (Dioscorea spp.) grown in water culture]
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Iron toxicity symptoms in yams (Dioscorea spp.) grown in water culture
Single node cuttings from pathogen-tested in vitro plantlets of white guinea yam (D. rotundata), cultivar TDr 93–23, were cultured in tuberization and half- and full-strength Murashige and Skoog media with 5% or 8% sucrose, with or without agar, in light or darkness and at 25 or 18°C. Microtuberi...
Balogun, M.
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Fawole, I.
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Ng, S.Y.C.
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Ng, N.Q.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Kikuno, H.
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[Interaction among cultural factors in microtuberization of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)]
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Interaction among cultural factors in microtuberization of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
Kikuno, H.
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Matsumoto, R.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Effect of sucrose treatment on root, shoot and tuber formation of vine cuttings of yams (Dioscorea spp.)]
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Effect of sucrose treatment on root, shoot and tuber formation of vine cuttings of yams (Dioscorea spp.)
Kikuno, H.
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Matsumoto, R.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Toyohara, H.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Comparative effects of explants sources and age of plant on rooting, shooting and tuber formation of vine cuttings of yams (Dioscorea spp.)]
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Comparative effects of explants sources and age of plant on rooting, shooting and tuber formation of vine cuttings of yams (Dioscorea spp.)
Yam cultivation in dry season was tested in the farmer’s field at inland valley in Niger state, Nigeria.
Water yam (Dioscorea alata) variety TDa 95/00328 had the greater response to the gibberellin inhibitor
prohexadione-calcium (PC). The sprouting period of PC treated tuber was 21 – 27 days at D...
Shiwachi, H.
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Kikuno, H.
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Fashola, R.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Enhancing offseason yam production in Nigeria]
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Enhancing offseason yam production in Nigeria
Kikuno, H.
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Oladimeji, Z.
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Ebuehi, A.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Onjo, M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Effect of n-propyl dihydrojasmonate (PDJ) on in vitro growth of yam (Dioscorea spp.) explants]
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Effect of n-propyl dihydrojasmonate (PDJ) on in vitro growth of yam (Dioscorea spp.) explants
Scarcity of seed, pest and diseases are major constraints to yam production. Tissue culture techniques of meristem culture combined with heat therapy have been used to produce high-yielding virus-tested plantlets of root crops, which are later multiplied through micropropagation. However, the mic...
Balogun, M.
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Ng, S.Y.C.
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Fawole, I.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Kikuno, H.
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[Relative effects of Uniconazole p and other growth regulators on micropropagation ratio of yam (Dioscorea spp.) plantlets at different growth phases]
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Relative effects of Uniconazole p and other growth regulators on micropropagation ratio of yam (Dioscorea spp.) plantlets at different growth phases
Soil physicochemical properties were determined for soils under cropland and forest at the headquarters of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria to examine the 30-year effects of different land use on the fertility of five soil series toposequences un...
Watanabe, Y.
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Kikuno, H.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Masunaga, T.
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Wakatsuki, T.
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[Comparison of physicochemical properties of soils under contrasting land use systems in Southwestern Nigeria]
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Comparison of physicochemical properties of soils under contrasting land use systems in Southwestern Nigeria
The genus Dioscorea is considered to be one of the most difficult groups for cyto-taxonomic studies because of the large number and small size of the chromosomes. The objective of the present study was to develop an efficient method of chromosome observation by identifying the optimum time for co...
Babil, P.K.
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Kikuno, H.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Toyohara, H.
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Fujigaki, J.
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Fujimaki, H.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Optimum time for collection of root samples for chromosome observation in yams (Dioscorea spp.)]
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Optimum time for collection of root samples for chromosome observation in yams (Dioscorea spp.)