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Agritech, 2012 Wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) grow well in Indonesia known as Uwi, is the kind of tubers that grow in the community,but they have not been used optimally. Publicity about the characteristics and types has been limited.
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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 +4 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +5 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 +4 more
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Commercial Yam Tuber (Dioscorea spp.) Handling during the Harvest and Post-Harvest Storage
Agrisost, 2020 Context: The losses of yam tubers during the crop and their storage can be significant, but not exists an appropriate handling of these stages. Objective: The investigation had as objective to reduce the losses of commercial tubers of yam (Dioscorea ...
Misterbino Borges García +2 more
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Distribution and diversity of viruses infecting yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Cameroon. [PDF]
Virusdisease, 2019 Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an important food crop cultivated for its edible tubers in Cameroon. Surveys were conducted in Cameroon to determine the incidence and severity of yam mosaic disease and associated viruses in 124 yam farms in four agro-ecological zones in 2014 and 2016. Dioscorea rotundata, D. cayenensis, D. alata, D. Dumetorum and D.
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Floral Biology and Pollination Efficiency in Yam (Dioscorea spp.) [PDF]
Agriculture, 2020 Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a monocotyledonous herbaceous vine cultivated for its starchy underground or aerial tubers in the tropics and subtropics. It is an allogamous and polyploid species that reproduces by both sexual and asexual mechanisms. However, many of the landrace cultivars, including most of the popular varieties, reproduce exclusively by ...
Jean M. Mondo +6 more
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Sex-specific variations in phytochemicals and antimicrobial potentiality of Dioscorea
Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 Background The monocotyledonous herbaceous crop Dioscorea is native to tropical and temperate regions of the world. Dioscorea tubers are dioecious in nature, have colossal therapeutic potentiality, and are frequently used in traditional medical practices
Chiranjit Paul +5 more
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Pharmacological Activities of Dioscorea spp.: A Narrative Review
ASM Science Journal, 2023 Pharmacological research has become essential for the development of nature-based drugs to support the claimed therapeutic properties of medicinal plants. Dioscorea species are medicinal plants found to have an impressive pharmacological profile. This review aims to compile the pharmacological properties of three Dioscorea species, D. hispida, D. alata
Hussin Muhammad +4 more
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