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Pollen storage in cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott)

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The effect of different storage conditions on cocoyam pollen viability was investigated. Two levels of temperature (0° and 5°C) and four levels of relative humidity (0, 10, 20 and 30 percent) represented the storage environments.

Viable cocoyam pollen could be obtained after 28 days in storage. The best storage condition was 5°C and 30% relative humidity.

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  1. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture P.M.B. 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria

    A. Agueguia

  2. Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    C. A. Fatokun

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Agueguia, A., Fatokun, C.A. Pollen storage in cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott). Euphytica 39, 195–198 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037095

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