Dioscorea esculenta is an important but under exploited tuber crop in humid tropics. At present it is commercially propagated by tubers. It is bulky as well as costly. Is there any technique by which we can rapidly multiply Dioscorea esculenta with low cost technique ?
The species is widely exploited by the tribals of south west Bengal. You can connect with both the forest officials working in this area or the tribal villagers in order to know about any indigenous techniques.
It can be propagated and conserved by In vitro culture. Like shown in papers below. For propagation with tubers, i suggest to try making mini-tubers in greenhouse like in potato.
1. MULTIPLICATION AND in vitro TUBERIZATION OF YAM (Dioscorea alata L.) IN TEMPORARY IMMERSION SYSTEM
2. Regeneration and multiplication of Dioscorea alata germplasm maintained in vitro
Raham Sher Khan Thank you for this important and useful information.
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