Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 106, Issue 5, Page 2749-2758, 30 March 2026.Abstract BACKGROUND This study assessed the starch content of ten yam varieties commonly consumed in West Africa to clarify their structural, thermal, physicochemical, and rheological properties and to support their potential food and industrial applications.
Patrick Olusanmi Adebola +9 more
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Determination of ploidy among yam (Dioscorea spp.) landraces in Kenya by flow cytometry [PDF]
, 2016 Yam (Dioscorea spp.), a traditional crop in Kenya has not undergone improvement and little has been done to understand its genetic background. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the local landraces has not been fully studied.
Ferguson, M. +4 more
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Explorations Diversity of Dioscorea Spp. Varieties From Pasuruan, East Java: Inventory and Characterization [PDF]
, 2015 Dioscorea spp. is the edible tubers from Dioscoreaceae family. Dioscorea is also an important crop which serves as a staple food and medicine. Discoreaceae exploration collecting mission had been conducted in 10 Districts of Pasuruan, East Java.
Fauziah, F. (Fauziah), Mas'udah, S. (S)
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Potensi Dioscorea dalam Pangan Fungsional [PDF]
, 2000 Dioscorea merupakan tanaman yang menghasilkan umbi yang sangat besar manfaatnya untuk sumber pangan dan industri. Komponen bioaktif yang ada di dalam dioscorea diyakini akan memberikan manfaat bagi pengguna.
Epriliati, I. (Indah)
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Conservation and use of genetic resources of underutilized crops in the Americas - A continental analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Latin America is home to dramatically diverse agroecological regions which harbor a high concentration of underutilized plant species, whose genetic resources hold the potential to address challenges such as sustainable agricultural development, food ...
Galluzzi, Gea, López Noriega, Isabel
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Molecular characterization of Secoviridae and Potexvirus infecting yams (Dioscorea spp) [PDF]
, 2011 The prevalence of virus species is generally high among vegetatively?propagated crops, because they cannot be sanitized via seed production and therefore accumulate viruses over long periods of time.
Anzala, Fabiola +5 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 Dioscorea persimilis belongs to Dioscorea genus, which is considered as one of the most popular food and traditional folk medicine in China. The complete chloroplast genome of D. persimilis was determined in this study.
Tianxu Cao +6 more
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Nutrient and antinutrient composition of yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) products
Data in Brief, 2017 The data presented in this article are related to research article titled “Effects of processing methods on nutrient and antinutrient composition of yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) products” (Adepoju et al., 2016) [1].
Oladejo Thomas Adepoju +2 more
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Improved diagnostic tools for the detection badnaviruses in yams unveil the existence of endogenous sequences of extant badnavirus species in yams. [O.36] [PDF]
, 2015 French West Indies Biological Resources Centre for Tropical Plants (CRB-PT) maintains several germplasm collections of tropical crops and wild relatives, including a collection of more than 450 yam accessions (Dioscorea spp).
Caruana, Marie-Line +9 more
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Thermal Properties and Dynamic Rheological Characterization of Dioscorea Starch Gels
GelsYam (Dioscorea. sp.) is an edible starchy tuber with potential for being a commercial source of starch for industrial purposes, but yam starch is underutilized. The dynamic oscillatory and thermal properties of yam starches from sixteen varieties each of
Bolanle Omolara Otegbayo +3 more
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