Evaluation and selection of taro [Colocasia esculentra (L.) Schott] accessions under dryland conditions in South Africa
Abe Shegro Gerrano ORCID Icon,Willem Sternberg Jansen Van Rensburg ORCID Icon,Patrick Olusanmi Adebola,Pepukai Manjeru,Michael Wolday Bairu &Sonja Louise Venter
Pages 219-227 | Received 09 Aug 2018, Accepted 25 Sep 2018, Published online: 08 Oct 2018
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Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] is an important underutilised staple food crop in South Africa, with a lot of potential to address food insecurity among poor rural households. Development of high yielding stable taro cultivars is one of the most important goals of plant breeders. Twenty-nine taro accessions collected from major taro producing regions of the country were evaluated for growth performance, yield potential and stability under dryland conditions at two sites (Umbumbulu and Roodeplaat) in 2013, 2014 and 2015 cropping seasons. The experiment was laid in a randomised complete block design replicated three times. Growth and yield traits were measured. Analysis of variance and correlation analysis was done on all measured traits.
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Evaluation and selection of taro [Colocasia esculentra (L.) Schott] accessions under dryland conditions in South Africa
Abe Shegro Gerrano ORCID Icon,Willem Sternberg Jansen Van Rensburg ORCID Icon,Patrick Olusanmi Adebola,Pepukai Manjeru,Michael Wolday Bairu &Sonja Louise Venter
Pages 219-227 | Received 09 Aug 2018, Accepted 25 Sep 2018, Published online: 08 Oct 2018
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Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] is an important underutilised staple food crop in South Africa, with a lot of potential to address food insecurity among poor rural households. Development of high yielding stable taro cultivars is one of the most important goals of plant breeders. Twenty-nine taro accessions collected from major taro producing regions of the country were evaluated for growth performance, yield potential and stability under dryland conditions at two sites (Umbumbulu and Roodeplaat) in 2013, 2014 and 2015 cropping seasons. The experiment was laid in a randomised complete block design replicated three times. Growth and yield traits were measured. Analysis of variance and correlation analysis was done on all measured traits.
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