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Nutritional and cultural aspects of plant species selection for a controlled ecological life support system [PDF]

The feasibility of using higher plants in a controlled ecological life support system is discussed. Aspects of this system considered important in the use of higher plants include: limited energy, space, and mass, and problems relating to cultivation and
Hoff, J. E., Howe, J. M., Mitchell, C. A.   +2 more
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Morphological character evolution of Amorphophallus (Araceae) based on a combined phylogenetic analysis of trnL, rbcL, and LEAFY second intron sequences [PDF]

, 2010
Sequences of three different genes in 69 taxa of Amorphophallus were combined to reconstruct the molecular phylogeny of this species-rich Aroid genus.
Eurlings, M.C.M., Gravendeel, B., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Sedayu, A.   +3 more
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Ethnobotanical survey of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Bench ethnic group, Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia

Растениевъдни науки, 2017
Taro is belongs to Araceae family, herbaceous plants grown in moist habitat as staple food in southern and southwest parts of Ethiopia. It produces underground corm/tubers or aerial leaves.
Belachew Garedew, Aklilu Ayiza
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Chemistry of Tropical Root Crops: Significance for Nutrition and Agriculture in the Pacific [PDF]

Crop Production/Industries,
Bradbury, J. Howard, Holloway, Warren D.
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Underground Storage of <em>Tacca involucrate</em> Tubers

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 2016
A.O. Raji, S.A. Ahemen
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Plant-level prediction of potato yield using machine learning and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral imagery

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This study presents a new method for predicting the underground yield of potato at the plant level, using two key approaches: (1) identifying the critical variables for yield prediction based on plant height and vegetation index (VI) maps derived from ...
Kenichi Tatsumi, Tamano Usami
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Economic Stressors and the Demand for "Fattening" Foods [PDF]

A broad and growing literature suggests that uncertainty with respect to income, employment, and/or the financial resources necessary to buy food may cause people to gain weight.
Trenton Smith
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Comparative Nutritional and Phytochemical Evaluation of the Aerial and Underground Tubers of Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) Available in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2015
A Celestine, O David
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The role of transcription factor StBEL11 in carbon allocation and tuberization in cultivated potato differs from that known for the model Andean genotype. [PDF]

J Exp Bot
Zounková A, Dybová M, Lipavská H, Mašek T, Fischer L, Mašková P.   +5 more
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Nutritional and health benefits of wild and cultivated yam (Dioscorea spp.) species consumed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mondo JM, Balezi AZ, Ishara J, Mwanga JIM, Matendo ER, Bagaya DN, Chuma GB, Agre PA, Adebola P, Asfaw A.   +9 more
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