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Low temperature injury in yams
Author(s) -
COURSEY D. G.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1968.tb01449.x
Subject(s) - dioscorea , dioscorea rotundata , horticulture , botany , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary. The tubers of certain species of yams, Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata , are susceptible to a form of low temperature injury or ‘chilling damage’when stored at temperatures substantially above zero (i.e. 10‐12°C). Complete breakdown of the tuber tissue occurs shortly after return to normal tropical ambient temperatures.