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Growth and Productivity of Tapioca (Manihot utilissima) IV. Devlopment and Yield of Tubers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

C. N. Williams
C. N. Williams
Affiliation:
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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Summary

Root measurements on three Malayan varieties of tapioca (high, medium and low-yielding clones) showed that the onset of tuberization brings about a slowing-down or cessation of growth in root length, but no changes in stem growth rate were associated with the onset of tuber growth. High yield was associated with high tuber weight rather than with tuber number, which could be related to the size of storage tissue cells formed by the root cambium. The process of tuberization in tapioca is discussed generally.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1974 , pp. 9 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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