“…To explore the use of aerial tubers of D. alata as alternative planting materials owing to the high cost and supply shortage of seed yam propagules, over 800 accessions from the IITA germplasm collection were evaluated for aerial tuber production and a set of accessions bearing aerial tubers were identified (Girma, Gedil, & Spillane, ). A number of studies have successfully assessed the IITA’s and other institution's yam diversity represented by different genebank accessions, landraces and breeding lines for host–plant resistance and quality traits and have shown a rich base of germplasm resource that can inform breeding strategies for resistance to major yam pest such as nematodes, anthracnose and virus diseases, and genetic enhancement for quality traits including various secondary metabolites, tuber carotenoids and other food quality traits (Mohandas, Ramakrishnan, & Sheela, ; Plowright & Kwoseh, ; Mignouna, Abang, Green, & Asiedu, ; Mignouna, Njukeng, Abang, & Asiedu, ; Abang et al, ; Onyeka, Petro, Ano, Etienne, & Rubens, ; Arnau, Maledon, & Nemorin, ; Egesi, Odu, Ogunyemi, Asiedu, & Hughes, ; Kwosch, Plowright, Bridge, & Asiedu, ; Asiedu & Sartie, ; Kwon et al, ; Price, Wilkin, Sarasan, & Fraser, ; Lebot et al, 2018; Price, Bhattacharjee, Lopez‐Montes, & Fraser, ). There is also an ongoing initiative at IITA to sequence all the genebank yam collections to expedite its use for breeding.…”