In vitro tuberization in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir)
| dc.creator | Ng, S.Y.C. | |
| dc.date | 1988 | |
| dc.date | 2025-10-15T15:52:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2025-10-15T15:52:05Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T16:01:18Z | |
| dc.description | Nodal cuttings of white yam were induced to produce microtubers on a MS-revised medium supplemented with various concentrations of sucrose, 20 mgl−1 L-cysteine, 0.5 mgl−1 kinetin and 0.7% agar. The frequency of tuberization was affected by the daylength, which is optimal at 12 and 16 h of light depending on the sucrose concentration. The microtubers were planted in a seed bed and grown to maturity. The importance of in vitro tuberization of yam as a means of international germplasm distribution or exchange as well as for the propagation of planting material is discussed. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177109 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/120260 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.rights | Limited Access | |
| dc.source | Ng, S.Y.C. (1988). In vitro tuberization in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir). Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, 14(2), 121-128. | |
| dc.subject | dioscorea rotundata | |
| dc.subject | yams | |
| dc.subject | sucrose | |
| dc.subject | germplasm exchange | |
| dc.subject | propagation | |
| dc.subject | in vitro | |
| dc.subject | tubers | |
| dc.title | In vitro tuberization in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir) | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |