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Yam (Dioscorea spp.) productivity is constrained significantly by the lack of a formal seed system. Vegetative propagation, through tuber setts as ‘seed’ yams, encourages the recycling of virus-infected planting materials, contributing to high virus ...
Ruth O. Festus +4 more
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The current study was designed to evaluate and compare the vitamin composition of selected traditional and improved rice varieties and four Dioscorea spp. commonly grown and consumed in Sri Lanka.
W. M. A. A. Kulasinghe +4 more
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Like any other country in the tropical and subtropical regions, wild yams are considered an important food by many indigenous peoples in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia.
Dave P. Buenavista +3 more
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Molecular characterization of Secoviridae and Potexvirus infecting yams (Dioscorea spp) [PDF]
The prevalence of virus species is generally high among vegetatively?propagated crops, because they cannot be sanitized via seed production and therefore accumulate viruses over long periods of time.
Anzala, Fabiola +5 more
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Root-knot nematode disease seriously threatens the production of Rui yams, making it important to explore effective management strategies, including the optimal time for disease control and efficient application techniques.
Rong Zeng +9 more
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Do yams (Dioscorea spp.) host endogenous viral sequences ? [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Were the first Bantu speakers south of the rainforest farmers? A first assessment of the linguistic evidence [PDF]
Popular belief has it that the Bantu Expansion was a farming/language dispersal. However, there is neither conclusive archaeological nor linguistic evidence to substantiate this hypothesis, especially not for the initial spread in West-Central Africa. In
Adjanohoun +57 more
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The practices of yam domestication in Benin and Nigeria [PDF]
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. +2 more
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Yams (Dioscorea) consist of approximately 600 species in the world. Yams are considered a staple food in Asia, tropical and subtropical regions. Genetic erosion and unsustainable harvesting practices are among the main problems associated with wild yam ...
Hem Kumar Subba +4 more
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Lightweight electrically-powered flexible thermal laminate [PDF]
Cross-layered woven or unwoven yarns are used to provide an active thermal control mechanism for spacecraft use. One set of yarns is composed of flexible electrically conductive metal fibers which are capable of being resistance heated by the application
Dawn, F. S., Sauers, D. G.
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