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 ...
YAMS must have been one of the foods of primitive man, and in their wild state they still form one of the chief components in the diet of jungle tribes; indeed, in times of failing rainfall and ...
A recent study of the Wayanad part of the Western Ghats has once again proved that the biodiversity of the region is still not explored fully, with even higher plants waiting to be discovered. In ...