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2008 31 125-128 M. Sankaran, N. P. Singh, M. Nedunchezhiyan, B. Santhosh, Chander Datt Amorphophallus muelleri Blume (Araceae): An edible species of elephant foot yam in tribal areas of Tripura (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Tripura has a warm and humid Subtropical climate with three distinct seasons; summer, monsoon and winter. Rice is the staple crop but many other foodstuffs are cultivated or collected from the wild. The number includes numerous aroids. Two elephant foot yams are widely used, but their identity had not previously been established. This paper describes A. muelleri Blume, A. paeoniijolius (Dennst.) Nicholson and indigenous tribal knowledge (ITK) in the utilization of A. muelleri as food and medicine.

2013 36 136-145 M. Nedunchezhiyan, M. Sankaran Cormels and Minicorm Sett Techniques for Seed Corm Production in Amorphophallus (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius is a widely grown food crop in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China. The crop is grown by planting corms or corm segments, with whole corms of 500–750 g weight the preferred material. A shortage of planting material of this size is a constraint for commercial cultivation and increasing maximum food production. Research is reported on methods of producing corms of this size from cormels and planting setts. Results differ regionally and optimum combinations in plant spacing and fertilization have been developed to account for varying soil and climatic conditions.