A Cultivar Trial with Yams Dioscorea alata L. in the British Solomon Islands.

Abstract

In a trial with yam cultivars, the yield of tubers ranged from 15.89 to 36.85 t/ha, after a growing period of 199 days. The cultivars with pigmented tubers out-yielded the non-pigmented ones. The mean weight of planting material used was 2.37 t/ha and the mean sett weight 88g.