2009, ISBN 0822346052, xiii, 331
In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass-produce synthetic steroid hormones. Barbasco spurred the...
History | Pharmaceutical industry | Proquivemex | Mexico | Social aspects | Barbasco (Dioscorea mexicana)
History | Pharmaceutical industry | Proquivemex | Mexico | Social aspects | Barbasco (Dioscorea mexicana)
Book
BMC Genomics, ISSN 1471-2164, 10/2017, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 782 - 9
Background: After cereals, root and tuber crops are the main source of starch in the human diet. Starch biosynthesis was certainly a significant target for...
Population genomics, selection | Domestication | Plant development | Dioscorea spp | Root development | Adaptation | Starch biosynthesis | MAIZE GENOME | DIOSCOREA-ROTUNDATA | SUCROSE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY | GUINEA YAMS | HIGH LIGHT-INTENSITY | DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX | OAT PLANT-GROWTH | LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM | selection | GENERATION SEQUENCING DATA | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | Population genomics | GENETICS & HEREDITY | MAYS L | Genetic Variation | Dioscorea - genetics | Dioscorea - growth & development | Starch - biosynthesis | Photosynthesis - genetics | Genes, Plant - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Plant Roots - growth & development | Dioscorea - metabolism | Phototropism - genetics | Evolution, Molecular | Physiological aspects | Biosynthesis | Genetic aspects | Research | Yams | Dehydrogenases | Farmers | Starch | Crops | Genomics | Corn | Genomes | Genetic diversity | Plant growth | Population | Flowers & plants | Photosynthesis | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Life Sciences
Population genomics, selection | Domestication | Plant development | Dioscorea spp | Root development | Adaptation | Starch biosynthesis | MAIZE GENOME | DIOSCOREA-ROTUNDATA | SUCROSE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY | GUINEA YAMS | HIGH LIGHT-INTENSITY | DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX | OAT PLANT-GROWTH | LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM | selection | GENERATION SEQUENCING DATA | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | Population genomics | GENETICS & HEREDITY | MAYS L | Genetic Variation | Dioscorea - genetics | Dioscorea - growth & development | Starch - biosynthesis | Photosynthesis - genetics | Genes, Plant - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Plant Roots - growth & development | Dioscorea - metabolism | Phototropism - genetics | Evolution, Molecular | Physiological aspects | Biosynthesis | Genetic aspects | Research | Yams | Dehydrogenases | Farmers | Starch | Crops | Genomics | Corn | Genomes | Genetic diversity | Plant growth | Population | Flowers & plants | Photosynthesis | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Life Sciences
Journal Article
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, ISSN 0022-5142, 05/2013, Volume 93, Issue 7, pp. 1788 - 1797
BACKGROUND Thousands of yam (Dioscorea spp.) accessions are maintained in germplasm collections. The physico‐chemical characteristics of the tubers are rarely...
physico‐chemical variation | NIRS | yam quality | germplasm evaluation | Physico-chemical variation | Yam quality | Germplasm evaluation | GENETIC DIVERSITY | QUALITY | VANUATU | CROPS | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | physico-chemical variation | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED | Dioscorea - genetics | Reproducibility of Results | Breeding | Humans | Minerals - analysis | Calibration | Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods | Dietary Proteins - analysis | Dietary Sucrose - analysis | Vegetables - chemistry | Diet | Models, Biological | Amylose - analysis | Plant Tubers - chemistry | Cellulose - analysis | Dietary Carbohydrates - analysis | Dioscorea - chemistry | Principal Component Analysis | Starch - analysis | Proteins | Invisibility | Spectrum analysis | Cellulose
physico‐chemical variation | NIRS | yam quality | germplasm evaluation | Physico-chemical variation | Yam quality | Germplasm evaluation | GENETIC DIVERSITY | QUALITY | VANUATU | CROPS | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | physico-chemical variation | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED | Dioscorea - genetics | Reproducibility of Results | Breeding | Humans | Minerals - analysis | Calibration | Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods | Dietary Proteins - analysis | Dietary Sucrose - analysis | Vegetables - chemistry | Diet | Models, Biological | Amylose - analysis | Plant Tubers - chemistry | Cellulose - analysis | Dietary Carbohydrates - analysis | Dioscorea - chemistry | Principal Component Analysis | Starch - analysis | Proteins | Invisibility | Spectrum analysis | Cellulose
Journal Article
Archives of Virology, ISSN 0304-8608, 12/2014, Volume 159, Issue 12, pp. 3421 - 3426
The genome of yam virus X (YVX), a new member of the genus Potexvirus from yam (Dioscorea trifida), was completely sequenced. Structural and phylogenetic...
Medical Microbiology | Infectious Diseases | Biomedicine | Virology | VIROLOGY | SEQUENCES | PROTEINS | FLORIBUNDA | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Potexvirus - classification | Potexvirus - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Genetic Variation | Sequence Homology | Plant Diseases - virology | RNA, Viral - genetics | Potexvirus - isolation & purification | Gene Order | Cluster Analysis | Cladistic analysis | Plants | Analysis | Genomics | Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Medical Microbiology | Infectious Diseases | Biomedicine | Virology | VIROLOGY | SEQUENCES | PROTEINS | FLORIBUNDA | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Potexvirus - classification | Potexvirus - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Genetic Variation | Sequence Homology | Plant Diseases - virology | RNA, Viral - genetics | Potexvirus - isolation & purification | Gene Order | Cluster Analysis | Cladistic analysis | Plants | Analysis | Genomics | Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Journal Article
Virus Research, ISSN 0168-1702, 06/2014, Volume 186, pp. 144 - 154
Yam ( spp.) is an important vegetatively-propagated staple crop in West Africa. Viruses are pervasive in yam worldwide, decreasing growth and yield, as well as...
Endogenous pararetroviruses | Badnavirus | Dioscorea yam | PCR | ELISA | Immunosorbent electron microscopy | BACILLIFORM VIRUS | DNA VIRUS | INTERNAL BROWN SPOT | VIRAL SEQUENCES | BANANA-STREAK-VIRUS | VEIN-CLEARING-VIRUS | MUSA | VIROLOGY | INTEGRATION | DIVERSITY | EXPRESSION | Dioscorea - genetics | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | Phylogeography | Badnavirus - genetics | Plant Leaves - virology | Genome, Plant | Phylogeny | Virus Integration | Badnavirus - classification | Genetic Variation | Host-Pathogen Interactions | Plant Diseases - virology | Plant Leaves - genetics | Plant Diseases - genetics | DNA, Viral - genetics | Africa, Western | Evolution, Molecular | Analysis | Genomics | Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Endogenous pararetroviruses | Badnavirus | Dioscorea yam | PCR | ELISA | Immunosorbent electron microscopy | BACILLIFORM VIRUS | DNA VIRUS | INTERNAL BROWN SPOT | VIRAL SEQUENCES | BANANA-STREAK-VIRUS | VEIN-CLEARING-VIRUS | MUSA | VIROLOGY | INTEGRATION | DIVERSITY | EXPRESSION | Dioscorea - genetics | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | Phylogeography | Badnavirus - genetics | Plant Leaves - virology | Genome, Plant | Phylogeny | Virus Integration | Badnavirus - classification | Genetic Variation | Host-Pathogen Interactions | Plant Diseases - virology | Plant Leaves - genetics | Plant Diseases - genetics | DNA, Viral - genetics | Africa, Western | Evolution, Molecular | Analysis | Genomics | Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
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ANALYSIS OF YAM YIELDS USING THE ADDITIVE MAIN EFFECTS AND MULTIPLICATIVE INTERACTION (AMMI) MODEL
ANALYSIS OF YAM YIELDS USING THE ADDITIVE MAIN EFFECTS AND MULTIPLICATIVE INTERACTION (AMMI) MODEL, 12/2002
The AMMI model combines regular analysis of variance for additive main effects with principal component analysis for multiplicative structure within the...
Dioscorea alata , GXE, essais multilocaux, stabilité du rendement | Dioscorea alata , G x E, multilocational trials, yield stability
Dioscorea alata , GXE, essais multilocaux, stabilité du rendement | Dioscorea alata , G x E, multilocational trials, yield stability
Journal
Molecular Plant Pathology, ISSN 1464-6722, 10/2014, Volume 15, Issue 8, pp. 790 - 801
Summary Several endogenous viral elements (EVEs) have been identified in plant genomes, including endogenous pararetroviruses (EPRVs). Here, we report the...
badnavirus | phylogeny | Dioscorea cayenensis‐rotundata complex | endogenous pararetrovirus | yam | Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata complex | Badnavirus | Phylogeny | Yam | Endogenous pararetrovirus | GEMINIVIRAL DNA | BACILLIFORM VIRUS | INTEGRATED PARARETROVIRAL SEQUENCES | BANANA-STREAK-VIRUS | PLANT SCIENCES | MICROPROPAGATION | MUSA | EVOLUTION | NUCLEAR GENOME | PLANTS | DIVERSITY | Blotting, Southern | Dioscorea - genetics | Dioscorea - virology | Genome, Plant - genetics | Africa | Badnavirus - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Endogenous Retroviruses - genetics | Genetic Variation | Base Sequence | Polymerase Chain Reaction | Gene Rearrangement - genetics | Seedlings - virology | DNA, Plant - genetics | Genomics | Evolution | Genomes
badnavirus | phylogeny | Dioscorea cayenensis‐rotundata complex | endogenous pararetrovirus | yam | Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata complex | Badnavirus | Phylogeny | Yam | Endogenous pararetrovirus | GEMINIVIRAL DNA | BACILLIFORM VIRUS | INTEGRATED PARARETROVIRAL SEQUENCES | BANANA-STREAK-VIRUS | PLANT SCIENCES | MICROPROPAGATION | MUSA | EVOLUTION | NUCLEAR GENOME | PLANTS | DIVERSITY | Blotting, Southern | Dioscorea - genetics | Dioscorea - virology | Genome, Plant - genetics | Africa | Badnavirus - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Endogenous Retroviruses - genetics | Genetic Variation | Base Sequence | Polymerase Chain Reaction | Gene Rearrangement - genetics | Seedlings - virology | DNA, Plant - genetics | Genomics | Evolution | Genomes
Journal Article
Carbohydrate Polymers, ISSN 0144-8617, 10/2013, Volume 98, Issue 1, pp. 650 - 658
This work aimed to characterize the molecular structure and functional properties of starches isolated from wild yams grown at the Amazons, using conventional...
Functional properties | Yam starch | Tropical starch | Non-conventional starch | Granular structure | POLYMER SCIENCE | FINE-STRUCTURE | MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE | AMYLOSE CONTENT | CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | GRANULES | PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES | AMYLOPECTIN | TROPICAL TUBER STARCHES | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED | ROOT STARCHES | PASTING PROPERTIES | CHAIN-LENGTH | Dioscorea - genetics | Temperature | Rheology | Starch - metabolism | Genotype | Starch - isolation & purification | Dioscorea - growth & development | Starch - chemistry | Venezuela | Amylose - chemistry | Chemical Phenomena | Dioscorea - chemistry | Dioscorea - metabolism
Functional properties | Yam starch | Tropical starch | Non-conventional starch | Granular structure | POLYMER SCIENCE | FINE-STRUCTURE | MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE | AMYLOSE CONTENT | CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | GRANULES | PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES | AMYLOPECTIN | TROPICAL TUBER STARCHES | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED | ROOT STARCHES | PASTING PROPERTIES | CHAIN-LENGTH | Dioscorea - genetics | Temperature | Rheology | Starch - metabolism | Genotype | Starch - isolation & purification | Dioscorea - growth & development | Starch - chemistry | Venezuela | Amylose - chemistry | Chemical Phenomena | Dioscorea - chemistry | Dioscorea - metabolism
Journal Article
Molecules, ISSN 1420-3049, 11/2011, Volume 16, Issue 11, pp. 9003 - 9016
Three polysaccharides, namely exopolysaccharide (EPS), water-extracted mycelial polysaccharide (WPS) and sodium hydroxide-extracted mycelial polysaccharide...
Diosgenin | Cell culture | Endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 | Polysaccharides | Dioscorea zingiberensis | polysaccharides | SECONDARY METABOLITES | HAIRY ROOTS | OLIGOSACCHARIDES | STIMULATION | CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | INDUCTION | endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 | diosgenin | ELICITATION | cell culture | POLYPHYLLA VAR. YUNNANENSIS | PLANTS | SAPONIN | FUNGAL ELICITORS | Endophytes - chemistry | Dioscorea - cytology | Dioscorea - microbiology | Fusarium - chemistry | Medicine, Chinese Traditional | Rhizome - microbiology | Cells, Cultured | Dioscorea - drug effects | Diosgenin - metabolism | Dioscorea - metabolism | Polysaccharides - pharmacology
Diosgenin | Cell culture | Endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 | Polysaccharides | Dioscorea zingiberensis | polysaccharides | SECONDARY METABOLITES | HAIRY ROOTS | OLIGOSACCHARIDES | STIMULATION | CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | INDUCTION | endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 | diosgenin | ELICITATION | cell culture | POLYPHYLLA VAR. YUNNANENSIS | PLANTS | SAPONIN | FUNGAL ELICITORS | Endophytes - chemistry | Dioscorea - cytology | Dioscorea - microbiology | Fusarium - chemistry | Medicine, Chinese Traditional | Rhizome - microbiology | Cells, Cultured | Dioscorea - drug effects | Diosgenin - metabolism | Dioscorea - metabolism | Polysaccharides - pharmacology
Journal Article
Virus Research, ISSN 0168-1702, 06/2017, Volume 238, pp. 29 - 34
The complete genome sequences of three new badnaviruses associated with yam ( spp.) originating from Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Samoa were determined following...
Dioscorea | Episomal badnavirus | Yam | Rolling circle amplification | Dioscorea bacilliform ES virus | Dioscorea bacilliform AL virus 2 | PROTEIN | MOTTLE VIRUS | BANANA-STREAK-VIRUS | COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCE | AMPLIFICATION | VIROLOGY | MOVEMENT | PROMOTER | Dioscorea - virology | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | DNA, Circular - chemistry | Open Reading Frames | Pacific Islands | Badnavirus - genetics | DNA, Circular - genetics | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Whole Genome Sequencing | Badnavirus - classification | DNA - genetics | Sequence Homology | DNA, Viral - chemistry | DNA - chemistry | Plant Diseases - virology | DNA, Viral - genetics | Cluster Analysis | Analysis | Genomics
Dioscorea | Episomal badnavirus | Yam | Rolling circle amplification | Dioscorea bacilliform ES virus | Dioscorea bacilliform AL virus 2 | PROTEIN | MOTTLE VIRUS | BANANA-STREAK-VIRUS | COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCE | AMPLIFICATION | VIROLOGY | MOVEMENT | PROMOTER | Dioscorea - virology | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | DNA, Circular - chemistry | Open Reading Frames | Pacific Islands | Badnavirus - genetics | DNA, Circular - genetics | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Whole Genome Sequencing | Badnavirus - classification | DNA - genetics | Sequence Homology | DNA, Viral - chemistry | DNA - chemistry | Plant Diseases - virology | DNA, Viral - genetics | Cluster Analysis | Analysis | Genomics
Journal Article
Archives of Virology, ISSN 0304-8608, 2/2018, Volume 163, Issue 2, pp. 533 - 538
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) host a diverse range of badnaviruses (genus Badnavirus, family Caulimoviridae). The first complete genome sequence of Dioscorea...
Medical Microbiology | Recombination | Yam | Complete genome | Phylogeny | Virology | Episomal badnavirus | Dioscorea rotundata | Biomedicine | West Africa | Infectious Diseases | Endogenous Dioscorea bacilliform virus | Dioscorea spp | PARARETROVIRUS | SPP | VIROLOGY | DNA | CAYENENSIS-ROTUNDATA | PCR | Badnavirus - classification | Genetic Variation | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Plant Diseases - virology | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | Recombination, Genetic | Base Sequence | Badnavirus - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Anopheles | Analysis | Genomics | Aluminum compounds | Genomes | Genetic aspects | Nucleotide sequence | Brief Report
Medical Microbiology | Recombination | Yam | Complete genome | Phylogeny | Virology | Episomal badnavirus | Dioscorea rotundata | Biomedicine | West Africa | Infectious Diseases | Endogenous Dioscorea bacilliform virus | Dioscorea spp | PARARETROVIRUS | SPP | VIROLOGY | DNA | CAYENENSIS-ROTUNDATA | PCR | Badnavirus - classification | Genetic Variation | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Plant Diseases - virology | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | Recombination, Genetic | Base Sequence | Badnavirus - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Anopheles | Analysis | Genomics | Aluminum compounds | Genomes | Genetic aspects | Nucleotide sequence | Brief Report
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Life Science Journal, ISSN 1097-8135, 2014, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 436 - 444
Journal Article
Molecules, ISSN 1420-3049, 12/2011, Volume 16, Issue 12, pp. 10631 - 10644
The effects of the oligosaccharides from the endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporum Dzf17 as elicitors on diosgenin production in cell suspension cultures of its...
Cell culture | Polysaccharides | Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 | Diosgenin | Elicitation | Oligosaccharides | Dioscorea zingiberensis | polysaccharides | elicitation | ELICITOR | HAIRY ROOTS | STIMULATION | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | oligosaccharides | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | diosgenin | cell culture | SUSPENSION-CULTURES | GROWTH | IMPROVEMENT | Endophytes - chemistry | Fusarium - chemistry | Oligosaccharides - isolation & purification | Oligosaccharides - pharmacology | Dioscorea - growth & development | Dioscorea - cytology | Dioscorea - microbiology | Time Factors | Chemical Fractionation | Cell Proliferation - drug effects | Cell Culture Techniques | Dioscorea - drug effects | Diosgenin - metabolism
Cell culture | Polysaccharides | Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 | Diosgenin | Elicitation | Oligosaccharides | Dioscorea zingiberensis | polysaccharides | elicitation | ELICITOR | HAIRY ROOTS | STIMULATION | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | oligosaccharides | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | diosgenin | cell culture | SUSPENSION-CULTURES | GROWTH | IMPROVEMENT | Endophytes - chemistry | Fusarium - chemistry | Oligosaccharides - isolation & purification | Oligosaccharides - pharmacology | Dioscorea - growth & development | Dioscorea - cytology | Dioscorea - microbiology | Time Factors | Chemical Fractionation | Cell Proliferation - drug effects | Cell Culture Techniques | Dioscorea - drug effects | Diosgenin - metabolism
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Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi, ISSN 1001-5302, 03/2018, Volume 43, Issue 5, pp. 938 - 944
Journal Article
Archives of Virology, ISSN 0304-8608, 2/2017, Volume 162, Issue 2, pp. 517 - 521
The complete genome sequence of Dioscorea bacilliform TR virus (DBTRV) was determined. The closest relatives of DBTRV are Dioscorea bacilliform AL virus...
Medical Microbiology | Biomedicine | Badnavirus | Yam | Dioscorea | Infectious Diseases | Genome | Dioscorea bacilliform TR virus | Virology | VIROLOGY | CAYENENSIS-ROTUNDATA | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Plant Immunity - genetics | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | Plant Diseases - immunology | Badnavirus - genetics | Genotype | Chromosome Mapping | Phylogeny | RNA, Plant - genetics | Badnavirus - classification | Genetic Variation | RNA, Plant - immunology | Molecular Mimicry | Plant Diseases - virology | RNA, Viral - genetics | Base Sequence | Dioscorea - immunology | Genomes | Genetic aspects | Plants | Analysis | Genomics
Medical Microbiology | Biomedicine | Badnavirus | Yam | Dioscorea | Infectious Diseases | Genome | Dioscorea bacilliform TR virus | Virology | VIROLOGY | CAYENENSIS-ROTUNDATA | Genome, Viral | Dioscorea - virology | Plant Immunity - genetics | Badnavirus - isolation & purification | Plant Diseases - immunology | Badnavirus - genetics | Genotype | Chromosome Mapping | Phylogeny | RNA, Plant - genetics | Badnavirus - classification | Genetic Variation | RNA, Plant - immunology | Molecular Mimicry | Plant Diseases - virology | RNA, Viral - genetics | Base Sequence | Dioscorea - immunology | Genomes | Genetic aspects | Plants | Analysis | Genomics
Journal Article
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, ISSN 0024-4074, 03/2016, Volume 180, Issue 3, pp. 319 - 333
Phylogenetic relationships of Oceanian staple yams (species of Dioscorea section Enantiophyllum) were investigated using plastid trnL‐F and rpl32‐trnL(UAG)...
Dioscorea hastifolia | Dioscorea transversa | Vanuatu | rpl32‐trnL (UAG) | trnL‐F | Dioscorea nummularia | rpl32-trnL | trnL-F | CHLOROPLAST DNA | PLANT SCIENCES | GENETIC DIVERSITY | DISPERSAL | EVOLUTION | GUINEA | AFLP | UAG | NONCODING REGIONS | Analysis | Phylogeny
Dioscorea hastifolia | Dioscorea transversa | Vanuatu | rpl32‐trnL (UAG) | trnL‐F | Dioscorea nummularia | rpl32-trnL | trnL-F | CHLOROPLAST DNA | PLANT SCIENCES | GENETIC DIVERSITY | DISPERSAL | EVOLUTION | GUINEA | AFLP | UAG | NONCODING REGIONS | Analysis | Phylogeny
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