Open AccessTítulo en español.
Author(s) -
Franklin W. Martin,
Herminio Delpín
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v63i2.10281
Subject(s) - humanities , horticulture , biology , art
Eighty five cultivars of Dioscorea esculenta were evaluated with respect to 54 morphological, physiological, agronomic, and culinary characteristics. Six superior varieties were selected and described. These are high yielding, disease and insect resistant, and excellent in the kitchen and at the table. These varieties should prove useful in Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean, especially in substitution for the imported potato.