Root crops
1987
Research programmes and results in the following areas are described: 1) Aroids Xanthosoma spp., Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta and C. esculenta var. antiquorum (tannia, dasheen and eddoe respectively): selection of improved varieties, improved production techniques, diagnosis and control of burning disease of tannia and dasheen corm rot, on-farm evaluatin of new techniques; 2) arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) production systems in St. Vincent; 3) cassava: variety evaluation in Tobago; rapid multiplication techniques; herbicide trials; yield performance, mechanical planting and harvesting of commercial plots in Barbados; clipping, rotary drying and sun/air drying; exporting fresh and frozen tubers; 4) yam: in vitro maintenance and multiplication of virus-tested material; anthracnose disease survey in Barbados; 5) sweet potato farming systems research and 6) white potato farming systems research
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