THE yam, the tuber of various species of Dioscorea, is a staple food in the tropics and commonly cultivated, especially in India, Malaya and tropical Africa. The two volumes under notice, which ...
The Indian sub-continent has a rich genetic diversity of tropical root and tuber crops including yams. The Indo-Burma region is the centre of origin of Asiatic edible yams. The north-eastern Himalayas ...
The names of 18 species and two varieties of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) described from the Old World (Africa excluded) by D. Prain and I. H. Burkill have been typified after careful examination of ...
Researchers from Kerala have identified an edible tuber found in the Western Ghats region of Wayanad district as a new species of the genus Dioscorea. The species, named Dioscorea balakrishnanii after ...
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