Cormels with 60g mean mass, obtained from the UFV Germplasm Bank of Vegetables (BGH/UFV), were used as seedlings.
Dasheen types have a larger main corm with smaller side corms (
cormels) and are usually diploids, whereas eddoe types have a relatively smaller central corm with well-developed side corms (
cormels) and are triploids [6, 15].
It is grown for its edible corms,
cormels, leaves, and for other traditional uses by subsistence farmers.[4] It is generally cultivated for enlarged underground starch-rich corms and
cormels called tubers.
Amadumbe 2914, Amadumbe 3053, Amadumbe 43 and Amadumbe 56, established with bigger
cormels (20.37 - 28.33 g) consistently showed superiority in terms of plant height, leaf area and yield over Amadumbe Amzam 3553/5118 and Amadumbe 2919, established with smaller
cormels (15.00 and 16.67 g).
Results depicted that humic acid (3.0 mL) in combination with NPK (17: 17: 17) produced higher sprouting, plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, spike length, spike diameter, stem length, flower characteristics, vase life, number of
cormels plant-1, diameter of
cormels and weight of
cormels per plant than all other treatments.
The small offshoots (
cormels, the size of garden peas) can be saved and grown on for several years until they reach flowering size, but as the corms are inexpensive, most homeowners expand their glad collection by additional purchases yearly.
Afterwards, they were sown in the field and 80--90 %
cormels were found to germinate and among them 20 % exhibited flowering in the first year.
4-6a and b) Corms produce
cormels around the new corm every year.
Saving and planting the
cormels will build up your stock.
At the same time a number of tiny offspring called
cormels sprout from the parent corm.