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Interdisciplinary Assessment of Market Oriented Yam Cultivation in Semi-arid Burkina Faso

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022
Yam (Discorea spp.) is a staple food crop in Africa that requires fertile soils and an annual rainfall of about 1,500 mm. However, in the semi-arid North-West of Burkina Faso, farmers produce yam in continuous rotation on degraded soils with annual ...
Olivier Heller, Delwendé I. Kiba, Delwendé I. Kiba, Delwendé I. Kiba, Kalifa Wend-Doléa Zida, Kim Schneider, Hgazat Kouassi Valérie Kouame, Ouakoltio Y. A. Traoré, Michael Siegrist, Emmanuel Frossard   +9 more
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Neural Representations for Sensory-Motor Control, II: Learning a Head-Centered Visuomotor Representation of 3-D Target Position [PDF]

, 1992
A neural network model is described for how an invariant head-centered representation of 3-D target position can be autonomously learned by the brain in real time.
Bullock, Daniel, Greve, Douglas, Grossberg, Stephen, Guenther, Frank   +3 more
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Retention of iron and zinc in yam flour and boiled yam processed from white yam (D. rotundata) varieties [PDF]

, 2017
Open Access JournalThis study investigated the impact of processing on retention of iron and zinc in D. rotundata. Fresh tubers were processed into boiled yam and yam flour and analyzed for zinc, iron, and physicochemical properties.
Alamu, E.O., Asiedu, Robert, Faustina, Dufie W.M., Maziya-Dixon, B.B.   +3 more
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Study on The Effect of Bacillus Subtilis on The Fungal Community of Fresh Cut Yam [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Upon peeling and cutting, the tissue structure of fresh-cut yam undergoes damage, leading to tissue rupture, nutrient outflow, and subsequent microbial infection and deterioration.
Zhou Jing, Chang Xiguang, Liu Jianxin, Yang Xiaofei, Zhang Hongru, Chen Xiangning   +5 more
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Sustainable Intensification and Climate-Smart Yam Production for Improved Food Security in West Africa: A Review

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022
Intensification of staple food crops such as Yam (Dioscorea spp.) while sustaining the environment is imperative in providing food for the expected 9.6 billion global population by 2050.
Eric Owusu Danquah, Eric Owusu Danquah, Frank Osei Danquah, Felix Frimpong, Felix Frimpong, Kwame Obeng Dankwa, Cholani Kumari Weebadde, Stella Ama Ennin, Mary Otiwaa Osei Asante, Mary Otiwaa Osei Asante, Mavis Badu Brempong, Harriet Achiaa Dwamena, Harriet Achiaa Dwamena, Abigail Addo-Danso, Daniel Rexford Nyamekye, Mavis Akom, Abena Yeboaa Opoku   +16 more
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Effect of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on development of micro-propagated yam plantlets and suppression of Scutellonema bradys (Tylenchideae) [PDF]

, 2016
Using two commercially available arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) products, one based on Funneliformis mosseae and the other on Glomus dussii, an experiment was conducted to assess their effect on yam growth and ability to suppress nematode damage ...
Coyne, Danny L., Hountondji, F.C.C., Lawouin, L., Oehl, F., Ogunsola, B., Tchabi, A., Wiemken, A.   +6 more
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The practices of yam domestication in Benin and Nigeria [PDF]

, 2008
Guinea yams (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. D. rotundata Poir) have been described several times as resulting from a process of domestication of wild yams of the Enantiophyllum section, initially by Burkill (1939) and by Miege (1952) and later, on a more ...
Dossou, A.R., Orkwor, Gabriel, Vernier, Philippe   +2 more
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Objective Measurement of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Comprehensive Review

Diagnostics
Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a leading contributor to global disability and healthcare burdens. While self-reported pain scales remain the clinical standard, they are limited by subjectivity and inter-individual variability.
Nahum Rosenberg
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Do yams (Dioscorea spp.) host endogenous viral sequences ? [PDF]

, 2011
Yams (Dioscoreae sp) are important food commodities in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, the Caribbean, South America and the Pacific where they play a key role in food security. Yams are vegetatively propagated crops.
Bandou, Eric, Gamiette, Franciane, Pavis, Claudie, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves, Umber, Marie   +4 more
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Farmers’ perception about quality of planted seed yam and their preferences for certified seed yam in Ghana [PDF]

, 2018
The study examined the effect of farmers’ perception about the quality of seed yam typically used for cultivation on their preferences for certified seed yam.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Aidoo, Robert, Bekoe, Stephen, Boadu, Paul, Kleih, Ulrich, Maroya, Norbert, Orchard, John, Yankyera, Kwasi-Ohene   +7 more
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