African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6924

Full Length Research Paper

Agro morphological characterization of taro (Colocasia esculenta) and yautia (Xanthosoma mafaffa) in Togo, West Africa

Damigou BAMMITE
  • Damigou BAMMITE
  • Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo.
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Peter J. MATTHEWS
  • Peter J. MATTHEWS
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
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Dodzi Y. DAGNON
  • Dodzi Y. DAGNON
  • Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo.
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Akouethe AGBOGAN
  • Akouethe AGBOGAN
  • Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo.
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Komi ODAH
  • Komi ODAH
  • Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo.
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Alexandre DANSI
  • Alexandre DANSI
  • Laboratoire de Biotechnique, Ressources Génétiques et Amélioration des Espèces Animales et Végétales (BIORAVE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Dassa, Université Polytechnique d'Abomey, Bénin.
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Koffi TOZO
  • Koffi TOZO
  • Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo.
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  •  Received: 06 February 2018
  •  Accepted: 23 February 2018
  •  Published: 03 May 2018

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