@article{Campbell-ChinSue:258743,
      recid = {258743},
      author = {Campbell-Chin Sue, Hyacinth  and Bekele, Isaac  and  Wickham, Lynda},
      title = {EFFECTS OF SETT SIZE, SETT TYPE, MULCHING AND STAKING ON  TUBER YIELD PRODUCED FROM YELLOW YAM (DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS  L.) MINISETTS},
      address = {1994-07-31},
      number = {1912-2017-1477},
      pages = {10},
      year = {1994},
      abstract = {The value of Jamaican yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis)  exported in 1992 was US$9.9m. These yams are produced in a  traditional system where all yams are staked and planted on  individual mounds. The traditional sy stem of production  contributes to soil erosion on the hillsides where most of  the crop is grown. Based on the importance of the crop, the  minisett system of production was introduced to improve the  system of production. Four on-farm trials were conducted to  determine the effects of sett type, sett sizes, staking and  mulch on tuber yield from yellow yam minisetts. It was  found that sett size and type did not affect total tuber  yield. A quantitative assessment of the number and weight  of marketable tubers produced in defined weight categories  showed that tuber size was influenced by staking and  mulching. Experimental yields from 17.7 t/ ha to30.9t/ha  were higher than national average yield of 12t/ha.Agronomic  implications were discussed.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/258743},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.258743},
}