McDavid, C.R. and Alanu, S. (1976) Promotion of flowering in tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) by gibberellic acid. Tropical Agriculture, 53 (4). pp. 373-374.
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Abstract
In the tannia , as in other tropical root crops which are vegetatively propagaged, improvement of the crop has depended mainly on the natural genetic variability among a small number of cultivars (Warid, 1970) and has, therefore, been severely limited. Any factor which leads to increased flowering, fruit set, seed germination and ultimately hybridization could therefore be of great significance in the improvement of these crops (Sadik and Okereke, 1975a,b). For this reason it was decided to report the promoting effect of gibberellic acid (GA) on the flowering in tannia which was observed in an experiment set up to test the effects of growth substances on corm and cormel development
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gibberellic acid, Tannia crop, Flowering, Inflorescences |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Ms Ishrath Durafsha |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2015 03:54 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Apr 2015 03:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13642 |
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