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Analysis of Starch from Non- Edible Root and Tubers as Sources of Raw Materials for the Synthesis of Biodegradable Starch Plastics

Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022
The study investigated the physicochemical properties of starches from Caladium bicolor (wild cocoyam), Icacina trichantha (false yam), dioscorea villosa (wild sweet yam) and oyster mushroom.
N Alobi, Esther Sunday, T Magu, G Oloko, B Nyong   +4 more
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Characterization of the techno-functional properties of starch from Purple yam (Dioscorea alata), Hawthorn yam (Dioscorea rotundata) and Diamante 22-type yam

Dyna, 2018
This study is aimed at evaluating the techno-functional properties of starches from several yam species (Purple yam, Hawthorn yam and Diamante 22-type yam).
Rodrigo Daniel Salgado-Ordosgoitia, Jhonatan Andrés Rodríguez-Manrique, Carlos Segundo Cohen-Manrique, Gean Pablo Mendoza-Ortega   +3 more
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Profitability of positive selection technique for seed yam production in Ghana and Nigeria

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022
Over the years, the traditional seed system has failed to deliver quality seed yam for propagation. This is due to the high incidence and severity of the yam mosaic virus leading to yield losses of 52.6%–65.4%.
Jonas Osei-Adu, Robert Aidoo, Simon Cudjoe Fialor, Stella Ama Ennin, Kingsley Osei, Bright Owusu Asante   +5 more
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Comparing IM Lorazepam and IM Clothiapine for Agitated Psychosis in Hospitalized Patients

European Psychiatry
Introduction When patients in a closed hospital ward experience acute psychosis and become highly agitated or pose a risk to themselves and others, it’s often crucial to provide immediate sedative treatment.
•. Kverashvili, E. Malik, •. Shelef, •. Stryjer   +3 more
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THE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE AFFECTS THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PURPLE YAM BASED GLUTEN-FREE DOUGH

Jurnal Teknologi Pertanian
Purple yam tuber in the form of flour has been applied for functional food products. Processing purple yam tubers into flour eliminates many beneficial compounds of the tubers.
Ulyarti, Nazarudin, Lisani, Nur Wulandari   +3 more
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Comprehensive characterization of yam tuber nutrition and medicinal quality of Dioscorea opposita and D. alata from different geographic groups in China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2020
China is an important domestication center of yams, and two main yam species of Dioscorea opposita and D. alata are commonly cultivated in China. However, the differences of nutritional and medicinal characteristics between the two species and their ...
Nan SHAN, Pu-tao WANG, Qiang-long ZHU, Jing-yu SUN, Hong-yu ZHANG, Xing-yue LIU, Tian-xu CAO, Xin CHEN, Ying-jin HUANG, Qing-hong ZHOU   +9 more
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COMPLIANCE INDEX ANALYSIS AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY OF SEED YAM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

AGRISE, 2023
Technology adoption for increased productivity can only be relevant when technologies introduced are adequately complied with. This study assessed the level of compliance by CAY -Seed and NRCRI-Seed yam farmers to the usage of the seed yam production ...
Morolake Bolaji, Raphael Olarewaju Babatunde, Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho, Sunday Onwuaroh   +3 more
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Physicochemical and Organoleptic Properties of Dried Synbiotics Yoghurt from Lesser Yam Tubers (Dioscoreaesculenta L.)

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
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a better characterization of endogenous badnavirus sequences of yams (Dioscorea spp.) [PDF]

, 2013
Yams, and more generallytubers, are very important crops for food security in tropical and subtropical countries.They are propagated vegetativelytherefore they accumulate viruses over long periods of time.
Filloux, Denis, Iskra Caruana, Marie-Line, Laboureau, Nathalie, Muller, Emmanuelle, Pavis, Claudie, Roumagnac, Philippe, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves, Umber, Marie   +7 more
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A sequence-independent strategy for amplification and characterisation of episomal badnavirus sequences reveals three previously uncharacterised yam badnaviruses [PDF]

, 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.
Aliyu Turaki, Asala, Atiri, Burkill, Fredericks, Galzi, Gonçalo Silva, Harrison, King, Moritz Bömer, P. Kumar, Susan Seal   +11 more
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