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Click on “Download PDF” for the PDF version or on the title for the HTML version. If you are not an ASABE member or if your employer has not arranged for access to the full-text, Click here for options. CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering, Volume IV Agro Processing Engineering, Chapter 2 Root Crops, Part 2.5 Yam StoragePublished by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org Citation: CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering, Volume IV Agro-Processing Engineering, Chapter 2 Root Crops, Part 2.5 Yam Storage pp. 182-214 .(doi:10.13031/2013.36394)Authors: L. U. Opara Keywords: Section Headings: 2.5.1 General, 2.5.2 Maturity and Harvesting, 2.5.3 Postharvest Handling, Curing, and Packaging, 2.5.4 Storage-Environment Requirements, 2.5.5 Tuber Dormancy in Storage, 2.5.6 Storage Disorders and Diseases, 2.5.7 Types of Storage Structures, 2.5.8 Agroprocessing of Yam, 2.5.9 Nutritional, Physicochemical, and Rheological Properties First paragraph: The yam, also called name (Spanish) and igname (French), belongs to the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae). An estimated 300 to 600 species are available, but there are just over half a dozen principal species (Table 2.40). The most common species in the West African yam zone are D. rotundata; D. alata, and D. esculenta. (Download PDF) (Export to EndNotes)
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