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REACCIÓN DE GENOTIPOS DE ÑAME (Dioscorea spp) A LA ANTRACNOSIS (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)
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 +4 more
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Do yams (Dioscorea spp.) host endogenous viral sequences ? [PDF]
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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The practices of yam domestication in Benin and Nigeria [PDF]
Guinea yams (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. D. rotundata Poir) have been described several times as resulting from a process of domestication of wild yams of the Enantiophyllum section, initially by Burkill (1939) and by Miege (1952) and later, on a more ...
Dossou, A.R. +2 more
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Functional properties of a promissory Dioscorea trifida waxy starch for food innovation [PDF]
Starches with low amylose contents generally exhibit good gel clarity, high swelling power and RVA peak viscosity, large breakdown, and high resistance to retrogradation during gel storage, as compared to some other starches with higher amylose contents.
Dufour, Dominique +5 more
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Influence of meristem-tip size and location on morphological development in Dioscorea cayenensis-D. rotundata complex 'Grosse Caille' and one genotype of D. praehensilis [PDF]
Les effets de la taille et de la position apicale ou axillaire du méristème sur la viabilité et le développement morphologique, après 3, 8 et 11 mois de culture in vitro, ont été étudiés.
Malaurie, Bernard +2 more
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Malnutrition is a threat to the society as a whole. The incorporation of under‐valorized local resources into children’s diet could be a solution to combat micronutrient deficiencies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the micronutrient composition of complementary flours formulated with the under‐valorized local resources.
Mamat Abazidi +3 more
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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are one of the food crops that contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in Benin and, like several other products, the post-harvest phase is threatened by the rotting of fresh tubers.
Laura Estelle Yêyinou Loko +5 more
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Les ignames sont d’importantes plantes alimentaires à multiplication végétative dont l’amélioration et la création variétale dépendent, comme chez les végétaux, de la maîtrise de la biologie de la reproduction sexuée. L’état des lieux des cultivars florifères des ignames africaines Dioscorea cayenensis – D. rotundata a été réalisé à Djidja et à Ouaké,
Yolou, M +5 more
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Ghana's Ankasa and Bia Conservation Areas are facing rapid forest loss due to the expansion of agricultural activities, leading to widespread land conversion. As a result, forest patches on the outskirts of these protected areas have become fragmented, isolated and disconnected.
George Ashiagbor +5 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Physico-chemical Characteristics of Flours from Steeped Tubers of White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir), Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) and Yellow Yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.) [PDF]
The study examined Yam Tuber Species (YTS), Tuber Steeping Duration (TSD) and Flour Particle Size (FPS) as factors of flour. Data were collected using white yam, water yam and yellow yam steeped in water (30 ± 2 °C, pH 6.78) and withdrawn, and the flour ...
Iwuoha, CI.
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