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Fatoumata Ouattara, Paterne A. Agre, Idris I. Adejumobi, Malachy O. Akoroda, Fatogoma Sorho, Koutoua Ayolié and Ranjana Bhattacharjee
Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is the most widely cultivated yam species with good agronomic attributes. However, several biotic and abiotic constraints and its lower food quality such as poor pound ability limit its production and use. Therefore, the id...
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Tianbao Huang, Zhenhua Wang, Li Guo, Haiqiang Li, Mingdong Tan, Jie Zou, Rui Zong and Yam Prasad Dhital
The evaluation of soil particle composition and salt dynamics is essential for promoting the sustainable development of oasis agriculture in arid regions under long-term mulched drip irrigation (MDI). In this study, we employed the space-for-time substit...
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Folasade Afolabi, Ryo Matsumoto, Bolanle Akinwande, Bolanle Otegbayo and Asrat Asfaw
This study assessed mineral fertilisation impact on tuber yield and food quality in yam genotypes?Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata. Four genotypes, each from D. alata and D. rotundata, were used in field experiments conducted in Ibadan, Nigeria, d...
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Tamilselvan Ilakiya, Ramakrishnan Swarnapriya, Lakshmanan Pugalendhi, Vellingiri Geethalakshmi, Arunachalam Lakshmanan, Manoj Kumar and José M. Lorenzo
Intercropping is a sustainable, eco-friendly, and economically beneficial cropping system. Elephant foot yam (EFY), a multifarious long-duration vegetable, takes 60 days or more to spread its canopy. Hence, this research assessed the impact of intercropp...
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Moumouni Djibo, Wend Yam Serge Boris Ouedraogo, Ali Doumounia, Serge Roland Sanou, Moumouni Sawadogo, Idrissa Guira, Nicolas Koné, Christian Chwala, Harald Kunstmann and François Zougmoré
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Idris I. Adejumobi, Paterne A. Agre, Didy O. Onautshu, Joseph G. Adheka, Inacio M. Cipriano, Jean-Claude L. Monzenga and Joseph L. Komoy
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) possess the potential to contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in DR Congo; however, yam production is limited by several constraints, including the lack of yam improvement programs to address challenges relating to yi...
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Carmen Yam-Chimal, Luis Ramírez-y-Avilés, Jorge Navarro-Alberto, Francisco Solorio-Sánchez, Eduardo Villanueva-Couoh and José Noh-Medina
The application of enzymatic kinetics theory on the nutrition of horticultural species is scarce. Imax and Km describe the kinetics of nutrient absorption by the plant. Imax and Km are necessary to predict phosphorus (P) uptake from soil using mathematic...
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Anthony Okhonlaye Ojokoh, Bartholomew Saanu Adeleke
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This study was designed to evaluate the processing of yam paste (amala): A product of fermented yam (Discorea rotundata) flour. The sliced yam samples were fermented for 72 hours. The microorganisms were isolated and identified. The pH, TTA, temperature,...
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Adegboyega Adeniji, Apovughaye Taiga, M S Ayodele
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Various yam species are cultivated but white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.), water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) and yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.) are among the most cultivated in Nigeria. The Susceptibility of three tubers of Dioscorea species (D. ...
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Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Michael Adesokan, Asrat Asfaw and Busie Maziya-Dixon
The acceptability and consumption of yam varieties depend on the quality components. Rapid measurement of these components is crucial in yam breeding program and calls for the rapid techniques for yam quality determination. The NIRS application will be b...
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