Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas
A two year trial was conducted at the inland valley of the National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike during the dry season of 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. The purpose was to evaluate the suitability of five hybrid yam clones of dry season yam production. The yams were planted in manually made ridge...
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| author | Ikeorgu, J. Asiedu, Robert |
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| description | A two year trial was conducted at the inland valley of the National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike during the dry season of 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. The purpose was to evaluate the suitability of five hybrid yam clones of dry season yam production. The yams were planted in manually made ridges and laid out in RCB design in three replicates. Fresh yam tuber yield 22.6t/ha; 21.8t/ha: 19.1 t/ha and 18.1 t/ha were respectively achieved from TDr 95/18949: Tdr 97/00925; TDr 03/00193 and TDR 95/19158. These matured earlier and yielded higher than the local best cultivar Ekpe (12.2 t/ha). Farmers that have farmlands that are hydromorphic during the dry season or have irrigation facilities, are encouraged to utilize such lands for off-season yams production so as to ensure year round fresh yam supplies in the market in view of the current pressure on cassava as a staple. |
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| spelling | CGSpace913272023-06-08T14:16:56Z Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas Ikeorgu, J. Asiedu, Robert yams dry season markets harvest minisett technique hybrid clones A two year trial was conducted at the inland valley of the National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike during the dry season of 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. The purpose was to evaluate the suitability of five hybrid yam clones of dry season yam production. The yams were planted in manually made ridges and laid out in RCB design in three replicates. Fresh yam tuber yield 22.6t/ha; 21.8t/ha: 19.1 t/ha and 18.1 t/ha were respectively achieved from TDr 95/18949: Tdr 97/00925; TDr 03/00193 and TDR 95/19158. These matured earlier and yielded higher than the local best cultivar Ekpe (12.2 t/ha). Farmers that have farmlands that are hydromorphic during the dry season or have irrigation facilities, are encouraged to utilize such lands for off-season yams production so as to ensure year round fresh yam supplies in the market in view of the current pressure on cassava as a staple. 2006 2018-03-07T11:25:36Z 2018-03-07T11:25:36Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91327 en Limited Access Ikeorgu, J. & Asiedu, R. (2006). Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas: Repositioning agriculture for sustainable millennium development goals in Nigeria. Proceedings of the 40th annual conference of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria (p. 640-642), 16-20 October, Umudike: Agricultural Society of Nigeria. |
| spellingShingle | yams dry season markets harvest minisett technique hybrid clones Ikeorgu, J. Asiedu, Robert Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| title | Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| title_full | Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| title_short | Evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| title_sort | evaluation of 5 hybrid yams for dry season yam production in lowland areas |
| topic | yams dry season markets harvest minisett technique hybrid clones |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91327 |
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