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Induced dwarf-type mutant of yam Dioscorea rotundata Poir

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G.Y.P. Klu
Department of Biology, Food & Agriculture, National Nuclear Research Institute, P O Box 80, Legan, Ghana
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Radiation
Yam
Minisett
Dwarf mutant

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Induced dwarf-type mutant of yam Dioscorea rotundata Poir. (1993). Tropical Agriculture, 70(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/7115
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Abstract

Gamma radiation doses of 60 Gy and above from a Cobalt-60 gamma source are lethal to mini- setts of Dioscorea rotundata Poir. A dwarf-type mutant was isolated in the generation following the irradiation of 500 minisetts.
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