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Diosgenin variability in plants propagated from male and female lines of Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal.

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R.S. Singh
Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat - 785 006, India
T.K. Bhattacharyya
Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat - 785 006, India
A.C. Ghosh
Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat - 785 006, India
D. Nag
Tripura Forest Development and Plantation Corp. Ltd., Agartala - 799 005, India
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Homogeneous line
Dioscorea
Tuber
Diosgenin
Yield

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Diosgenin variability in plants propagated from male and female lines of Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. (1995). Tropical Agriculture, 72(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2634
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Abstract

Two homogeneous lines of male and female medicinal yam (Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal.) were grown in experimental plots, to evaluate differences in biomass and yields of tuber and diosgenin. Plants originating vegetatively from female lines had a significantly higher yield of foliage and weight of fresh tuber per plant, yield of dry tuber (60%), and diosgenin per hectare (83%) than from male plants. The highest quality of diosgenin (4.22% of dry weight) in tuber was obtained from the median portion which was 70 and 101% higher than diosgenin in the tip and crown portions, respectively.
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