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Packaging Technology and Science, Volume 38, Issue 8, Page 681-697, August 2025.Chitosan and cinnamon oil reduced film thickness and improved water vapor barrier properties. Cinnamon oil in yam starch films showed strong antibacterial activity against E. coli and S. aureus. Yam starch films with chitosan and cinnamon oil effectively inhibited fungal growth on strawberries.
Eliane de Sousa Costa +7 more
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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 +4 more
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Evaluation of some properties of starch and starch edible films from sub-utilized roots and tubers from the Venezuelan Amazons [PDF]
, 2011 Biopolymers extracted from agricultural starchy commodities can be raw materials for edible, biologically degradable plastics. They have promising uses, having been proposed for replacing synthetic films.
Ducamp-Collin, Marie-Noelle +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 5, Page 1142-1149, September 2024.Societal Impact Statement Agricultural techniques are inherently connected to social organization. Under colonialism, broadly understood as foreign powers suppressing (parts of) a local population, escape agriculture offers a way to avoid despotism by producing food and other produce in independent and sustainable ways.
Harro Maat +2 more
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An Inventory of Crop Wild Relatives of the United States
Crop Science, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 1496-1508, July-August 2013., 2013 ABSTRACT The use of crop wild relatives (CWRs) in breeding is likely to continue to intensify as utilization techniques improve and crop adaptation to climate change becomes more pressing. Significant gaps remain in the conservation of these genetic resources.
Colin K. Khoury +5 more
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The Plant Genome, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2024.Abstract Microsatellite markers are widely used in population genetics and breeding. Despite the economic significance of yams in developing countries, there is a paucity of microsatellite markers, and as of now, no comprehensive microsatellite marker database exists. In this study, we conducted genome‐wide microsatellite marker development across four
Moussa Diouf +7 more
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The Globalization of Traditional Medicine in Northern Peru: From Shamanism to Molecules
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Northern Peru represents the center of the Andean “health axis,” with roots going back to traditional practices of Cupisnique culture (1000 BC). For more than a decade of research, semistructured interviews were conducted with healers, collectors, and sellers of medicinal plants.
Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Paniagua
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Discovery of three genotypes of Discorea trifida grown in Venezuelan Amazons with quite low-amylose starch: 1. Physical attributes and proximate composition of the tubers and characterization of its waxy starches [PDF]
, 2009 Yam Dioscorea trifida, is an economical and cultural important crop for indigenous from Amazon region of South America. These crops could be a potential supply of starch that would be good source for different food industries. Nonetheless, is very little
Dufour, Dominique +6 more
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Plant Pathology, Volume 73, Issue 3, Page 478-491, April 2024.We review the biology, life cycle, host range and management solutions of an emergent pathogen in Brazil, all in the context of the landmark events leading to the rise of Aphelenchoides besseyi (Created using Biorender). Abstract Aphelenchoides besseyi is an emerging and yet overlooked plant parasite of many economically important crops, including ...
Victor Hugo Moura de Souza +4 more
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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants of the Pantanal Region (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Traditional knowledge is an important source of obtaining new phytotherapeutic agents. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants was conducted in Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Chumbo District (NSACD), located in Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil using semi‐structured questionnaires and interviews.
Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski +7 more
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