Agrisost (Jan 2016)

Flowering of taro germplasm (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) in Cuba

  • Yadelys Figueroa Águila,
  • Marilys D Milián Jiménez,
  • Yuniel Rodríguez García,
  • Manuel Lima Díaz

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 54 – 60

Abstract

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Research was done at the Center for Tropical Crop Research (INIVIT), to evaluate inflorescence of taro germplasm (104 accessions) in Cuba´s climatic conditions. Sampling was made every 7 days in the 2013-2014 period to evaluate inflorescence; accessions were characterized according to flowering parameters. The results showed that natural flowering by the 26-accession sample (25%), was observed to early blossom from July to October in 18 accessions (69.2%). Increased temperature and relative humidity lasted until November, when inflorescence ends.

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