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. 2012 Jun 28;51(10):2833–2838. doi: 10.1007/s13197-012-0760-6

Table 1.

Specific gravity and dry matter content across tuber sections of D. rotundata cultivars

Yam section	Specific gravity (SG)		Dry matter (DM)/%
Yam section	Puna SG ± SD	BF SG ± SD	Puna DM ± SD	BF DM ± SD
Head	0.96 ± 0.04^a	1.01 ± 0.07 ^a	41.0 ± 0.99 ^b	34.1 ± 3.51 ^b
Mid	0.99 ± 0.04 ^a	0.99 ± 0.02 ^a	37.8 ± 4.13 ^a	32.2 ± 0.69 ^b
Tail	1.04 ± 0.17 ^a	1.00 ± 0.04 ^a	36.5 ± 2.10 ^a	25.2 ± 7.88 ^a
Mean	1.00 ± 0.10	1.00 ± 0.04	38.4 ± 3.16	30.5 ± 6.06

Values with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05. n = 3

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