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Plant Spacing and Planting Depth Effects on Corm Yield of Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott)

Robooni TumuhimbiseNational Agricultural Research Laboratories, Kawanda, Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 747-757 | Received 26 May 2015, Accepted 12 Aug 2015, Published online: 04 Nov 2015

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