tannia

The most important root and tuber crops are cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro (cocoyam) and tannia (new cocoyam).

Chapter 3 1995

Average yields of cormels in the South Pacific are reported as 20 t/ha for tannia grown in monoculture.

Chapter 31 1987

Plant nutrient deficiencies and related tissue composition of tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).

Chapter 31 1987

Trade - recent figures are not available; there is some inter-island trade in the Caribbean with St. Vincent exporting tannia to Trinidad.

Chapter 31 1987

These spacing distances refer only to tannia grown in monoculture; there is no general practice for mixed cultivations.

Chapter 31 1987

Parasites on Aphis gossypii G. infesting taro and tannia.

Chapter 31 1987

The starch grains of tannia are relatively large, with average diameter 17-20 microns, and are less easily digested than those of Colocasia.

Chapter 31 1987

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) and tannia (Xanthosoma sagzttifolium), two edible aroids, are widely grown as starchy food staples in sites such as drainage ditches, where the root development of other crops is impaired by the lack of oxygen caused by waterlogging.

2 Biomass Sources 1983

Both the tannia and the sweet potato can be readily grown, and the produce per acre is large; but from the foregoing tables it would appear that there are other plants whose starch is likely to be held in greater estimation.

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Continuing northward from Moflong, the road, after five miles, dips into a very broad and shallow flat-floored valley, fully a mile across, which resembles a lake-bed: it is bounded by low hills, and is called "Lanten-tannia," and is bare of aught but long grass and herbs; amongst these are the large groundsel (_Senecio_), _Dipsacus,

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