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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) for Production of Chips and French Fries

The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 1972
Tubers of 25 varieties of yam (Dioscorea spp.) were peeled, sliced, and cooked in corn oil at 375° F. Chips were evaluated freshly cooked and after 1 week of storage. They were rated for crispness, hardness, flavor, and appearance. Species of yam other than D. alata usually did not yield good chips. The Puerto Rican vaiiety Forastero (D. alata) yielded
Franklin W. Martin, Ruth Ruberté
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Molecular diversity of yam virus Y and identification of banana mild mosaic virus isolates infecting yam (Dioscorea spp.). [PDF]

Arch Virol, 2023
Diouf MB, Guyader S, Nopoly MM, Gaspard O, Filloux D, Candresse T, Marais A, Teycheney PY, Umber M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

PECULIARITIES OF SECONDARY METABOLITES BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANT CELL CULTURES

International Journal of Secondary Metabolite, 2016
Plant cell culture is traditionally viewed as a unique artificially created biological system represented a heterogenous population of dedifferentiated cells.
A.M. NOSOV
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Examining the physicochemical, functional and rheological properties in flours of farmers’ 7 key yam (Dioscorea spp.) varieties in Ghana to enhance yam production

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2017
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an important tuber crop in Ghana with high industrial potential. However the suitability of some yam varieties for diverse culinary and industrial purposes have not been widely studied to inform in their production.
C. Tortoe, S. Dowuona, P.T. Akonor, N.T. Dziedzoave   +3 more
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Effect of yam (Dioscorea spp.) starch on the physicochemical, rheological, and sensory properties of yogurt. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2021
Pérez J, Arteaga M, Andrade R, Durango A, Salcedo J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diversidad genética intra e inter-específica de ñame (Dioscorea spp.) de la región Caribe de Colombia mediante marcadores AFLP

Acta Agronómica, 2011
Conocer la variabilidad genética del ñame, Dioscorea spp., permite apoyar estrategias de mejoramiento y conservación de este recurso fitogenético. El objetivo de este estudio fue la caracterización molecular de 20 accesiones de Dioscorea spp. mediante la
Hernando Javier Rivera-Jiménez, Andrés Álvarez-Soto, Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía, Dora Yovana Barrios-Leal, Diana López-Álvarez   +4 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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Indigenous biosystematics of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Southwest Ethiopia: folk taxonomy, ethnolinguistic analysis, and folk descriptors. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2021
Worojie TB, Asfaw BT, Mengesha WA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Viruses of Yams (Dioscorea spp.): Current Gaps in Knowledge and Future Research Directions to Improve Disease Management. [PDF]

Viruses, 2022
Diouf MB, Festus R, Silva G, Guyader S, Umber M, Seal S, Teycheney PY.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Home gardens and Dioscorea species – A case study from the climatic zones of Sri Lanka

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2014
Home gardens are considered as vital units for enhancing food security particularly in developing nations of South Asia, such as Sri Lanka. Although the yam crop Dioscorea spp.
Ravi Sangakkara, Emmanuel Frossard
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