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Comparison of the Polysaccharide Content of Cultivated Dioscorea nipponica Makino and Research on Pharmacologic Activity of Polysaccharide [PDF]

International Journal Bioautomation, 2013
Dioscorea nipponica Makino, a perennial herb growing in mountainous areas of the Chinese Changbai mountains and Korean peninsula, has long been used as a folk medicine for bronchitis, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis. Due to these therapeutic properties,
Guangqing Xia, Junyi Zhu, Wei Liu, Lihong Dong, Huimin Yao, Jinzhi Song   +5 more
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REACCIÓN DE GENOTIPOS DE ÑAME (Dioscorea spp) A LA ANTRACNOSIS (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)

Temas Agrarios, 2013
El ñame (Dioscorea spp) es afectado por diferentes patógenos, entre los que se destaca Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, agente causal de la antracnosis. Esta enfermedad reduce la eficiencia fotosintética de la planta y ocasiona pérdidas en la producción ...
Yuli P. Mendez, Jorge L. Palencia, Karina P. Hernandez, Eduardo J. Hernandez, Javier D. Beltrán   +4 more
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Dioscorea pentaphylla Linnaeus 1753

, 2007
Dioscorea pentaphylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1032. 1753. "Habitat in India." RCN: 7453. Lectotype (Jayasuriya in Dassanayake & al., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 9: 55. 1995): [icon] " Nuren-kelengu " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 7: 67, t. 35. 1688. Current name: Dioscorea pentaphylla L. (Dioscoreaceae).
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FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF WILD YAM (Dioscorea spp.)

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2013
Samples of wild yam tubers (Dioscorea alata, D. bulbifera var. vera, D. esculenta, D. oppositifolia var. dukhumensis, D.oppositifolia var. oppositifolia, D. pentaphylla var. pentaphylla, D. spicata, D. tomentosa and D.
Ponnumani Sundaradhas Shajeela, Pious Soris Tresina, Veerabahu Ramasamy Mohan   +2 more
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Occurrence of Yam Mosaic Virus and Yam Mild Mosaic Virus on Dioscorea spp. Germplasm Collection in Cuba—Epidemiology of Associated Diseases

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Potyvirus diseases are one of the main challenges facing the production of yam (Dioscorea spp.). The objective of this study was to identify the potyviruses present in the Dioscorea spp.
José Efraín González Ramírez, Dariel Cabrera Mederos, Vaniert Ventura Chávez, Rosa Elena González Vázquez, Katia Ojito-Ramos, Liset García Romero, Luis Fabián Salazar-Garcés, Diana Catalina Velastegui-Hernández, Elena Vicenta Hernández Navarro, Michel Leiva-Mora, Fabián Giolitti, Orelvis Portal   +11 more
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Pharmacognostical and Analytical Standards of Dioscorea Esculenta Burkill.

Journal of Research in Traditional Medicine, 2017
Background: Dioscoria species is a Kanda Shakha (tuberous vegetable) useful as vegetable and grows abundantly around Udupi district, Karnataka, India. Dioscorea esculenta Burkill is one of the rare and costly tuber cultivated in very few areas of Udupi ...
Tapankumar H. Gandhi, Rohit Gokarn, Sunil Kumar K N, Ravikrishna A S, Bairy T Shridhar   +4 more
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Dioscorea

, 2011
Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Gedil, Melaku, Sartie, A.M., Otoo, E., Dumet, D., Kikuno, H., Kumar, P. Lava, Asiedu, Robert   +7 more
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Varietal diversity and conservation of cultivated yam (Dioscorea cayenensis, Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea alata) in Kara region (Togo)

Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, 2018
Yam is a strategic crop in Togo. Inventory and evaluation of cultivated varieties in different traditional agroeco-systems allows safeguard of this genetic heritage and its use in breeding programs. As welle ethnobotanical surveys were conducted in 30 localities of Kara region. The inventory allowed the recording 134 yam varieties distributed as follow
E.P. Wembou, K. Odah, A. Dansi, E. Kabiezim, K. Tozo, K. Akpagana   +5 more
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Redescubrimiento de Dioscorea trifurcata (Dioscoreaceae) a más de cien años de su última recolección en Argentina

Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica
Introducción y objetivos: Dioscorea es el género más diverso morfológicamente, más rico en especies y con mayor distribución de la familia Dioscoreaceae.
Patricia N. Asesor, Eva Bulacio, Pablo H. Demaio   +2 more
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[Evaluation of the possible technological uses of some dioscoreas tubers: name congo (Dioscorea bulbifera) and mapuey (Dioscorea trifida)].

Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion, 2001
A comparison between the chemical composition and physical characteristics of ñame congo (Dioscorea bulbifera) and mapuey (Dioscorea trifida) white and purple varieties, was made. The tubers were evaluated for their physical attributes (morphology, size and weight).
A M, Rincón, C, Araujo de Vizcarrondo, F, Carrillo de Padilla, E, Martín   +3 more
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