Dioscorea (yam) species comprise a genus of 613 tuberous climbing plants 1. Of these, seven to ten are cultivated on a large scale 2,3 and two (D. alata, D. cayennensis Lam. subsp. cayennensis and D.

In this study, treatment effects on appearances, behaviours and weight gains of animals were examined, which were found not significantly affected in all treatment groups except for the negative ...

India (Maharashtra State, Raigad District): tuber is thoroughly washed, in running water, and made into ‘chips’ [small pieces] which can be stored for long periods of time, for use during famine.

Zanzibar (Pemba Island), Tuber is highly toxic and eating it raw or unprepared can lead to serious sickness, coma and death. To remove the poisonous compounds, it is cut into small pieces and boiled ...

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Ube composite image from INQUIRER files. Ube (Dioscorea alata), a culturally significant and economically valuable crop in the Philippines, faces a key bottleneck in scaling production because of its ...

Speak of fossils, and dinosaurs first come to mind. A quaint fossilised leaf is one of the most recent finds throwing light on India's past. The leaf fossil is the first of Dioscorea yams from Asia ...

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 ...

Ube (Dioscorea alata), a culturally significant and economically valuable crop in the Philippines, faces a key bottleneck in scaling production because of its reliance on tubers as planting material.

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