Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Background Root and tuber crops are a major food source in tropical Africa. Among these
crops are several species in the monocotyledonous genus Dioscorea collectively known as …

For centuries, scientists have been intrigued by the origin of dioecy in plants, characterizing
sex-specific development, uncovering cytological differences between the sexes, and …

The yam genus Dioscorea comprises c. 650 species of tropical vines with starch-rich tubers,
useful as an energy source and often containing secondary metabolites. The Neotropical …

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 …

Yam is a collective name of tuber crops belonging to the genus Dioscorea. Yam is important
not only as a staple food crop but also as an integral component of society and culture of the …

The chloroplast genomes of Dioscorea brevipetiolata, D. depauperata, D. glabra, and D.
pyrifolia are 153,370–153,503 bp in size. A total of 113 genes were predicted, including 79 …

There has been a recent rise in the number of medicinal plant users in Southern Africa, with
approximately a million users reported to utilize these plants for various health conditions …

Premise We developed a target enrichment panel for phylogenomic studies of Dioscorea, an
economically important genus with incompletely resolved relationships. Methods Our bait …

Due to its economic value and evolutionary importance among monocots and Dioscoreales,
Dioscorea has been extensively studied phylogenetically. All analyses have produced …