Taro studies at Unitech, Auckland

In recent years, Dr Bill Bussell has led research on taro at Unitech. Here are some results:

Bussell, W. T., & Goldsmith, Z. (1999). Possibilities for Production of Large Cormed Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) in New Zealand. Presented to the Combined Annual Conference of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science and the New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science, 30 June, Napier.

 

Bussell, W. T., & Bonin, M. J. (1998). The Suitability of Non-Destructive Sampling to Record Root Growth of Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott). Journal of South Pacific Agriculture, 5 (1), 84-86.

 

Bussell, W. T., & Bonin, M. J. (1998). Effects High and Low Watering Levels on Growth and Development of Taro. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science (26), 313-317.

 

Bussell, W. T., & Goldsmith, Z. (1998). Exotic Taro in New Zealand. New Zealand Commercial Grower, 53 (8), 8-10.

 

Pearson, M. N., Bussell, W. T., & Scheffer, J. J. C. (1998). New Plant Disease Record in New Zealand: Dasheen Mosaic Potyvirus Infecting Taro (Colocasia esculenta Schott). New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 26, 69-70.

 

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