Dormancy release in potato tubers is reviewed in the context of recent biochemical and
physiological research with particular emphasis on describing ambiguities in the literature. A …

This chapter attempts to provide a description of the structure of the potato plant, including
both external morphology and internal anatomy. Since the existing literature appeared to be …

Conclusions With the data presently available one might suggest, albeit arguably, that
improving the rate of starch breakdown and sucrose biosynthesis in sprouting tubers would …

In the past decade there have been several books and reviews which have considered the
physiology of potatoes (Ivins and Mil thorpe, 1963; Burton, 1966; Milthorpe and Moorby …

The ability of triadimefon (TDM), a triazolic fungicide, to alter the biochemical constituents
and thereby minimizing the days required for sprouting in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata …

We have examined the changes in carbohydrate metabolism in food yam (Dioscorea
esculenta (Lour.) Burk.) tubers and in an economically important spice cum medicinal plant …

Detectable breakdown of tuber starch and protein occurred some time after sprout
emergence (planting depth 15 cm), and the rate of hydrolysis was independent of the …

Autumn daffodil (Sternbergia lutea) is a wild bulbous plant with tremendous ornamental
value. Knowledge of the changes that occur during dormancy would be helpful to improve …

Onion development is a complex process with each developmental event depending on the
adequate supply of resources. Also, these resource components themselves are crucial …

The effect of gibberellin A3 (10− 4m) and abscisic acid (10− 4m), applied separately and
together, on incorporation of 3H-thymidine and 3H-uridine into DNA and RNA of buds from …