ABSTRACT: Yam is a tuber vegetable crop with vegetative propagation. The low yielding due to the difficulty of obtaining quality material for propagation and high cost acquisition. cutting technique new alternative yam. present studyevaluated production minitubers yam through cuttings, follow formational growth minitubers. Different types obtained from three positions on shoots, substrates were...

ABSTRACT: Feed formulation is a basic need in the animal feed industry. In view of this, alternative foods have been used as way to minimize cost feed. Yam flour substitute for corn bran can meet energy requirements fish. The objective was study potential use yam flour, proportions that add quantities nutrients and conventional raw materials, order daily juveniles tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus...

169 that in the short-term major efforts should be made to cut wastage and to increase the amount and quality of foods presently eaten by low-income families. Looked at in this way rural development and the conquest of urban food problems are related by agricultural development within the framework of real national economic developmcnt. In West Africa, for example, it is easier to get a low-inc...

Yam tuber (Dioscorea spp.) is a staple tropical crop that usually best eaten in its fresh form. However, inadequate preservation and storage can result yam tubers deterioration immediately after harvesting due to their relatively high moisture content. All the traditional structures of preserving storing could not maintain freshness for long time. Therefore, need developing new structure farm p...

FIRST REPORT OF COLLETOTRICHUM ALATAE ON WATER YAM (DIOSCOREA ALATA) CAUSING LEAF ANTHRACNOSE IN PUERTO RICO