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Agronomic Performance and Yield Stability of Elite White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Genotypes Grown in Multiple Environments in Nigeria

Agronomy
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a main staple tuber crop in Nigeria and the West African region. Its performance is determined by genotypes and also the environment of growth.
Alice Adenike Olatunji, Andrew Saba Gana, Kehinde D. Tolorunse, Paterne A. Agre, Patrick Adebola, Asrat Asfaw   +5 more
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Producing seed yams (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) using yam peels

, 2020
Large quantities of yam (Dioscorea rotundata), up to 30% of harvested tubers is usually reserved as planting material for the next crop. This experiment was conducted to assess the use of yam peels of Abi and Pepa yam varieties of 5-, 10-, 15-, and 30 ...
Aighewi, B.A., Asiedu, Robert, Akoroda, M.O.   +2 more
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The genome sequence of Dioscorea bacilliform TR virus, a member of the genus Badnavirus infecting Dioscorea spp., sheds light on the possible function of endogenous Dioscorea bacilliform viruses

, 2017
The complete genome sequence of Dioscorea bacilliform TR virus (DBTRV) was determined. The closest relatives of DBTRV are Dioscorea bacilliform AL virus (DBALV) and Dioscorea bacilliform RT virus 1 (DBRTV1).
Bonheur, Lydiane, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves, Gélabale, Suzia, Pavis, Claudie, Gomez, Rose-Marie, Umber, Marie, Pavis, Claude   +6 more
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Molecular characterisation of some species and varieties of yam present on the Colombian Atlantic Coast

Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología, 2012
Seven varieties of the Dioscorea alata specie (but only one variety of the Dioscorea rotundata specie) have been morphologically characterised in Colombia.
Silvia L. Bustamante R., Mónica Guzmán B., Gustavo Buitrago H.   +2 more
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Detection and diversity of viruses infecting African yam (Dioscorea rotundata) in a collection and F₁ progenies in Côte d'Ivoire shed light to plant-to-plant viral transmission. [PDF]

Plant Pathol, 2021
Bakayoko Y, Kouakou AM, Kouassi AB, Gomez RM, Dibi KEB, Essis BS, N'Zué B, Adebola P, N'Guetta AS, Umber M.   +9 more
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Protective effects of Dioscorea alata and D. rotundata extracts on liver, pancreas, and kidney in alloxan-induced diabetic guinea pigs

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease that affects a large fraction of the world’s population. In addition to the many complications associated with it, the lack of effectiveness and insufficiency of current treatments have ...
Raphaël Lombe Mputu, Léopold Kazadi Mfumu Mulumba, Jeff Bekomo Iteku, Odette Ngandu Kabena, Jean-Paul Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua   +4 more
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Morphological and isozymic diversity of the cultivated yams (Dioscorea cayenensis/Dioscorea rotundata complex) of Cameroon

, 2019
Using IPGRI's descriptors, 45 accessions of Guinea yams (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam./ Dioscorea rotundata Poir. complex) collected in Cameroon were classified into six cultivar groups based on their morphological similarities.
Mignouna, Hodeba D., Zok, S., Dansi, A.
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Performance of Dioscorea rotundata Peel as an Environmental Waste Additive in Enhancing the Insulating Properties of a Local Clay Mineral

, 2018
The effect of Dioscorea rotundata peel environmental waste as an insulating additive for local clay was studied. The potential of a low cost indigenous clay mineral obtained from Akpugu-Ezedike in Nigeria for industrial application was also evaluated ...
C.C. Ezeofor, K.G. Akpomie, O.L. Alum, F.N. Ibeanu, U.A. Augustine   +4 more
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Ploidy level studies on the Dioscorea cayenensis/Dioscorea rotundata complex core set

, 2018
The Guinea yams, Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. and D. rotundata Poir. (D. cayenensis–D. rotundata complex), represent a highly importantcrop, widely distributed in the humid and semi-humidtropics. The ploidy levels of 170 accessions of the core set of Guinea
Muoneke, C., Obidiegwu, J.E., Santos, C., Loureiro, J., Asiedu, Robert, Ene-Obong, E.E., Rodríguez, E., Kolesnikova-Allen, M.   +7 more
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Serological Detection of Dioscorea alata potyvirus on White Yams (Dioscorea rotundata) in Ghana

Journal of Plant Sciences, 2007
A. Oppong, J.N.L. Lamptey, F.A. Ofori, F.O. Anno-Nyako, S.K. Offei, B.M. Dzomeku   +5 more
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