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The biocultural heritage and changing role of indigenous yams in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa

Plants, People, Planet
Societal impact statement Global yam production is centred on West Africa, but there are significant knowledge gaps about farm‐level diversity across much of the region, and especially in Guinea.
Nagnouma Condé, George Burton, Maimouna Touré, Benedetta Gori, Martin Cheek, Sékou Magassouba, Paul Wilkin, Charlotte Couch, Philippa Ryan   +8 more
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Study of the Physicochemical, Thermal, and Rheological Properties of Pretreated Yellow Yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) Flours

International Journal of Food Science
The yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) is a tuber that has local importance and some agroindustrial potential, but it is still limited because there are few studies that characterize it well.
Piedad Montero-Castillo, Diofanor Acevedo-Correa, Jhon Rodríguez-Meza   +2 more
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Genetic Variability and Population Structure of Ethiopian Yams (<i>Dioscorea</i> spp.) Based on SSR Markers. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The result showed that the SSR markers used in this study were efficient and informative for genetic diversity study of yams. The pattern of diversity across the collection sites showed that Bench‐Maji and Gambella populations resulted in higher values for the genetic diversity parameters assessed, and these areas could thus be considered as a ...
Gebrhud GM, Degu HD, Tessema ES, Worojie TB.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Microstructural, physicochemical, thermal, and rheological properties of starches from commonly consumed yam varieties in West Africa. [PDF]

J Sci Food Agric
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.
Adebola PO, Agre P, Asfaw A, Kouakou AM, Dansi A, Obidiegwu J, Chamba E, Nzama NL, Dada TA, Amonsou EO.   +9 more
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A Narrative Review of Wild and Semiwild Edible Plants in Ethiopia: Agroecological Perspectives, Ethnic Diversity, Proximate Composition, and Phytochemical Analysis. [PDF]

Int J Food Sci
All over the world, wild edible plants are predominantly the sources of famine food. Ethiopia, with food‐insecure populations, needs such food‐supplementing plant groups. The current review article is aimed at presenting a compiled list of the species, showing the diversity of the species, and elaborating on their major threats and values.
Alemneh D.
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Stomatal complex types, stomatal density, and the stomatal index in some species of dioscorea [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2009
Dioscorea alata L. has three stomatal complex types, namely, paracytic, anisocytic, and tetracytic stomata, with percentage frequency values of 50, 18, and 32, respectively.
Abdulrahaman A.A., Egbedo F.O., Oladele F.A.   +2 more
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Antifungal Steroid Saponins fromDioscorea cayenensis [PDF]

Planta Medica, 2004
From the rhizomes of Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.-Holl (Dioscoreaceae), the new 26- O- beta- D-glucopyranosyl-22-methoxy-3 beta,26-dihydroxy-25( R)-furost-5-en-3- O- alpha- L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)- alpha- L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[ alpha- L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)]- beta- D-glucopyranoside ( 1) was isolated together with the known dioscin ( 2) and ...
Sautour, Marc, A.C, Mitaine-Offer, T, Miyamoto, A, Dongmo, M.A, Lacaille-Dubois   +4 more
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Food, Feed, and Phytochemical Uses of Wild Edible Plants: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
There are approximately 679 wild edible plant species in Ethiopia, of which 286 are commonly consumed across different regions, indicating a diverse range of wild edible plant sources. Wild edible plants in Ethiopia are utilized for food, animal feed, and pharmaceutical purposes by communities across the country.
Rumicha TD, Belew S, Hasen G, Teka TA, Forsido SF.   +4 more
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Assessment of the Yam Landraces (Dioscorea spp.) of DR Congo for Reactions to Pathological Diseases, Yield Potential, and Tuber Quality Characteristics

Agriculture, 2022
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) possess the potential to contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in DR Congo; however, yam production is limited by several constraints, including the lack of yam improvement programs to address challenges relating to ...
Idris I. Adejumobi, Paterne A. Agre, Didy O. Onautshu, Joseph G. Adheka, Inacio M. Cipriano, Jean-Claude L. Monzenga, Joseph L. Komoy   +6 more
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Somatic polyploidization and characterization of induced polyploids of Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea cayenensis [PDF]

African Journal of Biotechnology, 2016
Genetic improvement of major food yams is constrained by a number of factors, such as the scarcity of flowers and lack of synchronization between male and female flowering. Consequently, somaclonal variation including somatic polyploidization has been considered as a useful tool in yam breeding.
Babil, Pachakkil, Iino, Midori, Kashihara, Yukiko, Matsumoto, Ryo, Kikuno, Hidehiko, Lopez-Montes, Antonio, Shiwachi, Hironobu   +6 more
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