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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 There are many variations of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) which spread out in the world including Indonesia. Those variations could be categorized based on their shape, size, colour, and flavour of their tuber. The genus of Dioscorea spp.
Winarti Sri, Saputro Erwan Adi
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Amino acid composition of wild yam (Dioscorea spp.) [PDF]
Food Research, 2019 Tubers of wild yam (Dioscorea alata, D. bulbifera var. vera, D. esculenta, D. oppositifolia var. oppositifolia, D. oppositifolia var. dukhumensis, D. pentaphylla var. pentaphylla, D. spicata, D. tomentosa and D. wallichi) were analyzed for its amino acids composition.
Doss, A. , Tresina, P.S. , Mohan, V.R.
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The nitrogen nutrition of yam (Dioscorea spp)
Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2019 Information on the nitrogen (N) nutrition of yam (Dioscorea spp) is limited. Our objective was to elucidate the factors controlling N uptake by D. rotundata and D. alata. We analyzed results obtained with improved cultivars of these species grown in three field experiments among which 15N-fertilizer was used in one.
K. V., Hgaza +5 more
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Development of a West African yam Dioscorea spp. core collection [PDF]
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2007 Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are important crops in some West African locations. The West African yam collections held at the IITA were characterized using the standard descriptor list for this crop (IPGRI/IITA. 1997. Descriptors for yam (Dioscorea spp.). International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria/International Plant Genetic Resources ...
Mahalakshmi, V. +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Search for scutellonema bradys resistance in yams (dioscorea spp.)
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana), 2008 A study to examine variability in susceptibility of yams to Scutellonema bradys and to identify possible sources of resistance in Ghanaian yam germplasm (Dioscorea spp.) for use in yam improvement programmes, particularly, in West Africa was undertaken. Pot and field screening methodologies were used. In general, S. bradys and dry rot of tuber symptoms
Kwoseh, C.K. +3 more
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Temas Agrarios, 2014 In Colombia, yams (Dioscorea spp.) are grown in the Caribbean region, with Dioscorea alata L. and Dioscorea rotundata Poir. most cultivated species. One of the limiting factors in these crops are diseases caused by viruses, especially by Potyvirus that ...
Iris R. Payares +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Plant in vitro vegetative propagation using classical semi-solid culture medium is limited due to the low degree of automation, suboptimal nutrient availability and induced physiological stress which often reduce its efficiency.
Temitope Jekayinoluwa +5 more
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Produção de clones de inhame em função do tamanho das mudas - DOI: 10.4025/actasciagron.v25i1.2649
Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2008 Com o objetivo de verificar as produções de massa fresca das plantas, foram avaliados cinco clones de inhame (Mimoso, Pezão, Caramujo, Roxo e Flórida) e quatro tamanhos de mudas (3 cm2 de casca x 3 cm3 de parte amídica; 3 cm2 x 6 cm3; 6 cm2 x 6 cm3 e 6 ...
Néstor Antonio Heredia Zárate +2 more
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Morphological Characterization of Purple Yam (Dioscorea alata) in Purwodadi Botanic Garden [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesDioscorea spp. (Yam) is an edible tuber plant from the Dioscoreaceae family. There are around 600 species of Dioscorea spp., one of them is Dioscorea alata. D.
Lathifah Fariya Putri +3 more
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