Biotechnological strategies for the sustainable production of diosgenin from Dioscorea spp.

R Nazir, V Kumar, S Gupta, P Dwivedi… - Applied Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
Diosgenin is a plant-derived secondary metabolite mainly present in the members of the
plant family Dioscoreaceae. It is a pharmaceutically important compound because of its anti …

Status of yam (Dioscorea spp.) in the Democratic Republic of Congo

II Adejumobi, PA Agre, AS Adeyinka… - Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Yam is an important tuber crop with enormous potential to enhance rural sustenance and
livelihood in DRC. However, studies to enhance its genetic improvement are very far from …
BM Sharif, C Burgarella, F Cormier, P Mournet… - Annals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Inferring the diffusion history of many human-dispersed
species is still not straightforward due to unresolved past human migrations. The centre of …

Understanding the genetic diversity and population structure of yam (Dioscorea alata L.) using microsatellite markers

G Arnau, R Bhattacharjee, S Mn, H Chair, R Malapa… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Yams (Dioscorea sp.) are staple food crops for millions of people in tropical and subtropical
regions. Dioscorea alata, also known as greater yam, is one of the major cultivated species …

Uncovering the genetic diversity of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in China by combining phenotypic trait and molecular marker analyses

T Cao, J Sun, N Shan, X Chen, P Wang… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Yam is an important edible tuber and root plant worldwide; China as one of the native places
of yams has many diverse local resources. The goal of this study was to clarify the genetic …

Genetic diversity and relationship of Guinea yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.–D. rotundata Poir. complex) germplasm in Benin (West Africa) using microsatellite …

YL Loko, R Bhattacharjee, AP Agre… - Genetic Resources and …, 2017 - Springer
Guinea yam (Dioscorea cayenensis–D. rotundata complex) is an important tuber crop that
highly contributes to food security and poverty alleviation in Benin. The knowledge and …

Unravelling the genetic diversity of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions from Tanzania using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers

JI Massawe, GE Temu - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is among the most cultivated species used as a source of
food and income for small-scale farmers in Tanzania. However, little is documented about …

Genetic variability and inter species relationship between wild and cultivated yams (Dioscorea spp.) from Koraput, India based on molecular and morphological …

B Padhan, AK Mukherjee, SK Mohanty… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2019 - Springer
Wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) are important tuber crops used both as vegetable and medicine
by the tribal people of Koraput, India. There is deficiency of documented information on …