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Caryologia, 2021 The genus Dioscorea comprises of economically-important plant species known for their starch throughout the world; it is also a major source of food and income in Africa.
Joshua Matthew, Julius Faluyi
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.There is an increasing risk of drought and salinisation of soil and groundwater globally, including in Pacific Island countries such as Tonga. Irrigating crops with slightly saline water, such as that produced by emerging desalination technologies, could help to alleviate droughts.
Harry Myrans +9 more
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Shoot and plantlet regeneration from meristems of Dioscorea rotundata Poir and Dioscorea alata L. [PDF]
, 2008 In vitro culture media capable of regenerating moderate to high shoots and/or plantlets from meristems of two yam species - Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea alata within comparable duration of 10 weeks as commonly obtained in other monocots and root and
Adeniyi, OJ +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa +3 more
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Do yams (Dioscorea spp.) host endogenous viral sequences ? [PDF]
, 2011 Yams (Dioscoreae sp) are important food commodities in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, the Caribbean, South America and the Pacific where they play a key role in food security. Yams are vegetatively propagated crops.
Bandou, Eric +4 more
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Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. is an important Chinese herbal medicine and the raw material of the medicine ingrediente (Chinese yam polysaccharide). It belongs to Dioscorea, which has 60 species and distribute in middle and southeast of China.
Na Hu, Jianwu Gong, Biming Zhang
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Therapeutic potential of natural products in cancer immunotherapy: Advances and challenges
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.This review systematically outlines the mechanisms underlying tumour immunotherapy resistance and elucidates the role of natural products in enhancing therapeutic efficacy as immunomodulatory adjuvants. Abstract Immunotherapy has emerged as a clinically pivotal approach in cancer treatment, but its application remains limited to a small subset of ...
Rao Hu +6 more
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Assessment and characterization of the genetic diversity of viruses infecting cultivated yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Haïti [PDF]
, 2013 Several viral species are known to infect yams (Dioscorea spp.) and to generate important yield losses on this vegetative propagated crop. Within the framework of the DEVAG project (Caribbean network for the development of agroecological horticultural ...
Filloux, Denis +4 more
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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Scutellonema species from yam (Dioscorea spp.) and a key to the species of the genus [PDF]
, 2017 The yam nematode, Scutellonema bradys, is a major threat to yam (Dioscorea spp.) production across yam-growing regions. In West Africa, this species cohabits with many morphologically similar congeners and, consequently, its accurate diagnosis is ...
Bert, Wim +6 more
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The origin and evolution of the diosgenin biosynthetic pathway in yam
Plant Communications, 2021 Diosgenin, mainly produced by Dioscorea species, is a traditional precursor of most hormonal drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. The mechanisms that underlie the origin and evolution of diosgenin biosynthesis in plants remain unclear.
Jian Cheng +11 more
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