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Evaluation of the Storage Root-Forming Legume Yam Bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) under West African Conditions

^a Dép. de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Univ. d'Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin
^b Institute of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 8, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
^c Institute of Agricultural Chemistry, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen, Carl-Sprengel-Weg 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
^d Dep. of Genetic Resources and Crop Improvement, International Potato Center, P.B. 1558, Lima 12, Peru

View larger version (23K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Means of storage root yield of 34 yam bean accessions with and without flower pruning: (A) storage root fresh matter yield (r = 0.960, P < 0.0001) and (B) storage root dry matter yield (r = 0.946, P < 0.0001).

View larger version (75K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Processing of fresh storage roots to produce yam bean gari.