Low temperature injury in yams
- 28 June 1968
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Food Science & Technology
- Vol. 3 (2) , 143-150
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1968.tb01449.x
Abstract
Summary. The tubers of certain species of yams, Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata, are susceptible to a form of low temperature injury or ‘chilling damage’when stored at temperatures substantially above zero (i.e. 10‐12°C). Complete breakdown of the tuber tissue occurs shortly after return to normal tropical ambient temperatures.Keywords
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