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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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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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Adegboyeda Adeniji, Apovughaye Taiga, M S Ayodele
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The third world countries are not just suffering from food shortage, they are also plagued by malnutrition which stems from poverty coupled with inadequate informations about the nutritional contents of foods consume by most of her populace. Yam is a sta...
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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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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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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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Edidiong D. Asuquo, Alastair D. Martin and Petrus Nzerem
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Edidiong D. Asuquo, Alastair D. Martin and Petrus Nzerem
An agricultural residue, white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) tuber peel (YTBS), was used for the removal of Cd(II) ion from an aqueous solution using a batch method. The adsorbent was characterized using FTIR, TGA, SEM, EDX, N2 BET, XRD, and XRF. The optimiz...
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Clinton Beckford, Donovan Campbell and David Barker
Members of the genus Dioscorea, food yams, were introduced to Jamaica from Africa during the slave era and have remained a staple in local diets and national cuisine. Yam cultivation has also been an important economic activity providing employm...
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