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Species: Dioscorea spp.

Family:

Crop status: New

Varieties

Production

Season:

Daylength:

Temperature:

Soil type:

Plant density:

Propagation:

Germination:

Intercropping:

Transplanting:

Support:

Hormonal control:

Flower removal:

Flowering:

Water:

Nitrogen:

Nutrition:

Harvest:

Yield:

Postharvest

Handling:

Temperature:

Relative humidity:

Shelf life:

Sugar content:

Wrapping:

Pests and diseases

Quality assessment

Domestic market

Export markets

(click here for exchange rates).


References