@article{Pilgrim:256698,
      recid = {256698},
      author = {Pilgrim, R. N.},
      title = {DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM HARVEST INTERVAL FOR "RED  PETIOLE" DASHEEN, COLOCASIA ESCULENTA VAR, ESCULENTA, IN  DOMINICA},
      address = {2001-07-15},
      number = {1883-2017-568},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {An experiment on maturity was conducted to determine the  optimum harvest interval for "Red Petiole" dasheen  Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott var. esculenta in Dominica.  Results showed that yield components (yield/hectare, corm  weight, length and width) for 8 and 9 months harvest  intervals were significantly higher (p< 0.001) than other  harvest intervals of 5, 6, and 7 months and larger and more  marketable corms were produced. No significant differences  were observed for specific gravity (SG) and % dry matter  (DM) between different harvest intervals. Responses to  sensory evaluation showed a taste preference for 8 and 7  months harvest intervals (30 and 23%). Significant  differences were observed for storage life (p<0.001) with  the storage life for 8 month harvested corms being more  extended (19 days). Based on the percentage of marketable  corms, taste preference and storage life the results  indicate, that the harvest intervals of 8 months is the  appropriate time to harvest "Red Petiole" dasheen cultivar  grown under such edaphic conditions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256698},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256698},
}