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Dioscorea spp.: Bioactive Compounds and Potential for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Metabolic Diseases [PDF]

Molecules, 2023
Dioscorea spp. belongs to the Dioscoreaceae family, known as “yams”, and contains approximately 600 species with a wide distribution. It is a major food source for millions of people in tropical and subtropical regions.
Zhen Wang, Shengnan Zhao, Siyu Tao, Guige Hou, Fenglan Zhao, Shenpeng Tan, Qingguo Meng   +6 more
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Optimum time for hand pollination in yam (Dioscorea spp.). [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Abstract Hand pollination success rate is low in yam (Dioscorea spp.), due partly to suboptimal weather conditions. Thus, determining the most suitable time for pollination could improve the pollination success in yam breeding programs.
Mondo JM, Agre PA, Asiedu R, Akoroda MO, Asfaw A.   +4 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

A Review of Viruses Infecting Yam (Dioscorea spp.). [PDF]

Viruses, 2022
Yam is an important food staple for millions of people globally, particularly those in the developing countries of West Africa and the Pacific Islands. To sustain the growing population, yam production must be increased amidst the many biotic and abiotic stresses.
Luo GF, Podolyan A, Kidanemariam DB, Pilotti C, Houliston G, Sukal AC.   +5 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Yams—Dioscorea spp.

EDIS, 2003
This document provides an overview of yams (genus Dioscorea), detailing their botanical characteristics, uses, and cultivation practices. It distinguishes true yams from sweet potatoes, outlines edible and medicinal species, and describes their growth ...
James M. Stephens
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Cross compatibility in intraspecific and interspecific hybridization in yam (Dioscorea spp.). [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
AbstractYam (Dioscorea spp.) is a staple crop for millions of people in the tropics and subtropics. Its genetic improvement through breeding is being challenged by pre-zygotic and post-zygotic cross-compatibility barriers within and among species. Studies dissecting hybridization barriers on yam for improving the crossability rates are limited.
Mondo JM, Agre PA, Edemodu A, Asiedu R, Akoroda MO, Asfaw A.   +5 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Occurrence of Yam Mosaic Virus and Yam Mild Mosaic Virus on Dioscorea spp. Germplasm Collection in Cuba—Epidemiology of Associated Diseases [PDF]

Plants
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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A Sequence-Independent Strategy for Amplification and Characterisation of Episomal Badnavirus Sequences Reveals Three Previously Uncharacterised Yam Badnaviruses [PDF]

Viruses, 2016
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) plants are potentially hosts to a diverse range of badnavirus species (genus Badnavirus, family Caulimoviridae), but their detection is complicated by the existence of integrated badnavirus sequences in some yam genomes.
Moritz Bömer, Aliyu A. Turaki, Gonçalo Silva, P. Lava Kumar, Susan E. Seal   +4 more
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Dioscorea spp.: Comprehensive Review of Antioxidant Properties and Their Relation to Phytochemicals and Health Benefits [PDF]

Molecules, 2022
Dioscorea, consisting of over 600 species, is the most important genus in the Dioscoreaceae family; however, the practically used plants, which are commonly called yam, are restricted to a remarkably smaller number of species.
Aušra Adomėnienė, Petras Rimantas Venskutonis   +1 more
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Optimized Protocol for In Vitro Pollen Germination in Yam (Dioscorea spp.). [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2021
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) plants are mostly dioecious and sometimes monoecious. Low, irregular, and asynchronous flowering of the genotypes are critical problems in yam breeding. Selecting suitable pollen parents and preserving yam pollen for future use are potential means of controlling these constraints and optimizing hybridization practice in yam ...
Mondo JM, Agre PA, Asiedu R, Akoroda MO, Asfaw A.   +4 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background In Babitonga Bay, southern Brazil, records of yam consumption exist among shellmound builders from at least 4000 years ago. Shellmounds (sambaquis) are anthropogenic structures in the form of mounds with layers of shells associated with other ...
Dalzemira Anselmo da Silva Souza, Dione Rocha da Bandeira, Nivaldo Peroni   +2 more
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