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Irrigation using slightly saline water from emerging desalination technologies as a solution to short‐term drought

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
With global weather patterns becoming more extreme and unpredictable, sourcing reliable irrigation water is vital for improving food security and conserving drinking water in drought‐prone areas. Emerging desalination technologies, which are still in the development phase, could potentially provide large quantities of slightly saline water for ...
Harry Myrans, Shuqi Xu, Mona E. Mahani, Steven Crimp, Juan F. Torres, Roslyn M. Gleadow   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of optimum experimental plot size for taro culture

Ciência Rural, 2019
: Taro is a tropical tuberous vegetable that produces cormels of high nutritional and energetic value. In recent years, its cultivation has expanded, creating the need for more research.
Willerson Custódio da Silva, Mário Puiatti, Paulo Roberto Cecon, Leandro Roberto de Macedo, Tocio Sediyama   +4 more
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Genetic diversity in taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) accessions using agro‐morphological traits and DArT SNP

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is one of the neglected root crops with great potential for ensuring food security. Nigerian taro genetic diversity has been rarely reported, particularly using single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers.
Girma Haile Alelign, Happiness Ogba Oselebe, Tilahun Wondimu Fufa, Temesgen Matiwos Menamo, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

PROFIL DISOLUSI TABLET LEPAS LAMBAT KALIUM DIKLOFENAK MENGGUNAKAN PATI PREGELATINASI TALAS PRATAMA (Colocasia esculenta (L). Schott var. Pratama)

JIIS: Jurnal Ilmiah Ibnu Sina
Starch is one of the commonly used excipients in tablet preparations. Natural starch has limitations in the form of poor flow rate and compressibility, so it is not suitable for use in the manufacture of tablets by direct compression.
Desy Nawangsari, Rani Prabandari, Ammanu Kurniadi   +2 more
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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING ON COLOCASIA ESCULENTA LINN

, 2023
Eddoe or Dasheen are two names for taro (Colocasia esculenta). It is a herbaceous plant from the Araceae family. Is a long-established crop in Asia that was first brought to Japan more than 2500 years ago.1 It is grown in south east Asia under the names Arvi and Arbi, among others. Long underground tuberous rhizomes make up the roots.
openaire   +1 more source

The Complete Chloroplast Genome of a Vietnam Endemic Aroid, Homalomena perplexa K.Z.Hein, Vuong, Bao & V.S.Dang, and Updated Comparative Genomics in Araceae

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
The complete chloroplast genome of Homalomena perplexa, an endemic aroid to Vietnam, was completely sequenced and characterized. In addition, comparative genomic analysis revealed junction variations and phylogenetic analysis confirmed the infrafamilial relationships of Araceae.
Nhat Nam Nguyen, Ngoc Trai Nguyen, Hoang Dang Khoa Do   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reguladores vegetais e teores endógenos de poliaminas durante o desenvolvimento de taro cultivado in vitro Plant growth regulators in polyamines endogenous levels during the development of taro cultivated in vitro

Ciência Rural, 2008
Neste trabalho foi investigada a assepsia para obtenção de explantes oriundos de tubérculos e a ação das poliaminas espermidina e espermina exógenas associadas aos reguladores vegetais AIA e BA no desenvolvimento, na tuberização in vitro e nos níveis ...
Adriana Alice Francisco, Armando Reis Tavares, Shoey Kanashiro, Paulo Roberto Rodrigues Ramos, Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 486-498, March 2026.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef, Yohannes Gedamu Gebre, Petra Bauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuber and Root Starches: Molecular and Physicochemical Properties

Starch - Stärke, Volume 78, Issue 2, February 2026.
Dale dale, Mashua, and Pituca starches exhibited distinct amorphous and ordered structural regions. Among them, Dale dale starch showed the highest degree of crystallinity. ABSTRACT Starches extracted from different botanical sources can be used in a wide range of food applications; however, understanding the relationships among their properties is ...
Frank F. Velasquez‐Barreto, Gabriela Barraza‐Jaureguí, Rosinelson da Silva Pena   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Viabilidad del polen en malanga (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) en Cuba

Agrisost, 2018
En el mundo hoy, no constituye un problema la cantidad de clones de malanga que emiten inflorescencias ni la disponibilidad del polen que producen ni la viabilidad del mismo, pero en Cuba la emisión de inflorescencia es de vital importancia, las ...
Yadelys Figueroa Águila, Marilys D. Milián Jiménez, Yuniel Rodríguez García   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources