@article{Clarke:261326,
      recid = {261326},
      author = {Clarke, B.A.  and Sorhaindo, C.A.  and Clarke, A.P. },
      title = {PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF YAM (Dioscorea spp.)  GERMPLASM CULTIVATED IN DOMINICA},
      address = {1986-08-25},
      number = {1972-2017-3310},
      pages = {16},
      year = {1986},
      abstract = {Twenty-three yam accessions cultivated in Dominica were  grown at the Botanic Gardens and at La Plaine Agricultural  Station to assess their potential for further development.  Using the descriptors for yam of the International Board  for Plant Genetic Resources, selected data on species,  habit, stem and leaf characteristics, underground tubers  and disease susceptibility were recorded. Amongst the 23  accessions were three of D. trifida, two of D.rotundata,  one each of D. cayenensis, D. esculenta and D. bulbifera,  and 15 of D. alata. Anthracnose disease was observed on  some of the D. alata accessions. On the basis of t.his  preliminary characterization the D. alata accessions "White  Yam" and "Kaplaou" have been included <\s local checks in  on-farm trials to evaluate imported selections for  tolerance to anthracnose.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/261326},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.261326},
}