Yams

Mignouna, H.D.; Abang, Mathew M.; Asiedu, Robert

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34516-9_15

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“…Yam is rich in carbohydrate and thus provides a good source of energy. It also has unique medicinal properties on account of its rich alkaloid content and steroidal compounds (Bantilan, 2019 ; Mignouna et al, 2008 ). Some yam species are also used for the production of industrial starch.…”

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Strategies to combat the problem of yam anthracnose disease: Status and prospects

Ntui

Uyoh

Ita

et al. 2021

Molecular Plant Pathology

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Strategies to combat the problem of yam anthracnose disease: Status and prospects

Ntui

Uyoh

Ita

et al. 2021

Molecular Plant Pathology

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“…Germplasm conservation is fraught with difficulty and ex situ collections are very expensive to maintain. Morphological characterisation is currently done with international standardised descriptors, and various molecular markers are used to assess genetic diversity to identify duplicates and reduce the size of the collections . Isozymes have been used to characterise African yams ( D. cayenensis‐rotundata ), and accessions of D. alata , the most widespread species in the world .…”

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Application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for the evaluation of yam (Dioscorea alata) germplasm and breeding lines

Lebot

Malapa

2012

J Sci Food Agric

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“…For more information about the genetics and genomics of yams, see Mignouna et al (2005Mignouna et al ( , 2007Mignouna et al ( , 2008 and Orkwor et al (1998).…”

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True Yams(Dioscorea):A Biological and Evolutionary Link between Eudicots and Grasses

Mignouna

Abang²,

Asiedu³

et al. 2009

Cold Spring Harb Protoc

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Dioscorea (true yams) is a large genus that contains species important as food (with edible tubers) or as sources of bioactive substances used in a range of applications. Dioscorea is a major staple food in many parts of the world, especially in West Africa and the Pacific islands, and serves as a famine food in many regions. It is a critically important but neglected crop, which is likely to increase in importance as climate change leads to necessary changes in global food systems. It is a herbaceous, climbing, tropical monocot that looks rather like a dicot, and is part of a lineage that is relatively closely related to the phylogenetically derived group containing the grasses. Therefore, it represents an important biological link between the eudicots and grasses--groups that contain all the model flowering plant species--and has the potential to fill gaps in our knowledge of plant biology and evolution. Yams also offer us the possibility to gain new insights into processes such as tuberization and sex determination, which cannot be studied in current model organisms. This combination of rising importance due to its socioeconomic significance and interesting biology and evolutionary position justify its potential as a model organism. This potential remains to be harnessed, and much of the current work on yam is directed toward its role as a food crop. This aspect will remain important, but its potential for answering questions of basic biological interest will be a major motivation for researchers interested in this organism.

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Yams

Cited by 7 publications

References 70 publications

Strategies to combat the problem of yam anthracnose disease: Status and prospects

Strategies to combat the problem of yam anthracnose disease: Status and prospects

Application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for the evaluation of yam (Dioscorea alata) germplasm and breeding lines

True Yams(Dioscorea):A Biological and Evolutionary Link between Eudicots and Grasses

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