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yam

Description: A common name for plants of the genus Dioscorea, climbing vines cultivated for their edible tubers.
Wikidata ID: wiki/Q71549
OpenAlex ID: keywords/dioscorea
Co-becoming Bawaka
2015 · Bawaka Country, Sarah Wright, et al. · Progress in Human Geography · 586
Human Adaptation and Plant Use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 Years Ago
2010 · Glenn R. Summerhayes, Matthew Leavesley, et al. · Science · 438
World Vegetables: Principles, Production and Nutritive Values
1983 · Mas Yamaguchi · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 429
Tropical root and tuber crops: cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids
2019 · CABI eBooks · 416
Starch grains reveal early root crop horticulture in the Panamanian tropical forest
2000 · Dolores R. Piperno, Anthony J. Ranere, et al. · Nature · 348
Tropical root and tuber crops: cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids
2008 · CABI eBooks · 317
Tuber Storage Proteins
2003 · P. R. SHEWRY · Annals of Botany · 289
The Dioscorea Genus (Yam)—An Appraisal of Nutritional and Therapeutic Potentials
2020 · Jude E. Obidiegwu, Jessica B. Lyons, et al. · Foods · 287
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Comparing smallholder farmers’ perception of climate change with meteorological data: A case study from southwestern Nigeria
2016 · Ayansina Ayanlade, Maren Radeny, et al. · Weather and Climate Extremes · 285
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The Presence of Starch Grains on Prehistoric Stone Tools from the Humid Neotropics: Indications of Early Tuber Use and Agriculture in Panama
1998 · D.R. Piperno, I. Holst · Journal of Archaeological Science · 267
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water, soil and plants in wetlands and agricultural areas in Kampala, Uganda
2018 · Sahar Dalahmeh, Sana Tirgani, et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 261
The organography and the evolution of Dioscoreaceae, the family of the Yams
1960 · I. H. BURKILL · Journal of the Linnean Society of London Botany · 248
Root System Architecture and Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Current Knowledge in Root and Tuber Crops
2016 · M. A. Khan, Dorcus C. Gemenet, et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 245
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Antioxidative and Hypolipidemic Effects of Diosgenin, a Steroidal Saponin of Yam (Dioscorea spp.), on High-Cholesterol Fed Rats
2007 · In Suk SON, Ji Hyun KIM, et al. · Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry · 243
Early and mid Holocene tool-use and processing of taro (Colocasia esculenta), yam (Dioscorea sp.) and other plants at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
2005 · Richard Fullagar, Judith Field, et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 243
Crops that feed the World 1. Yams
2010 · Robert Asiedu, Alieu Sartie · Food Security · 227
Energy response of the TL detectors based on YAlO3:Mn crystals
2015 · Ya Zhydachevskii, A. Morgun, et al. · Radiation Measurements · 215
Cancer Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Effects of Diosgenin, a Food Saponin
2009 · Jayadev Raju, Rekha Mehta · Nutrition and Cancer · 210
Starch grain evidence for the preceramic dispersals of maize and root crops into tropical dry and humid forests of Panama
2007 · Ruth Dickau, Anthony J. Ranere, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 207
Detection of Japanese yam mosaic virus by RT-LAMP
2003 · S. Fukuta, T. Iida, et al. · Archives of Virology · 199
Crops yield prediction based on machine learning models: Case of West African countries
2022 · Lontsi Saadio Cedric, Wilfried Yves Hamilton Adoni, et al. · Smart Agricultural Technology · 192
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Badnaviruses: The Current Global Scenario
2016 · Alangar Bhat, Thomas Hohn, et al. · Viruses · 183
Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications of complete chloroplast genome sequences of four early-diverging angiosperms: Buxus (Buxaceae), Chloranthus (Chloranthaceae), Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae), and Illicium (Schisandraceae)
2007 · Debra R. Hansen, Sayantani G. Dastidar, et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 182
The Dioscorea genus: a review of bioactive steroid saponins
2007 · Marc Sautour, Anne-Claire Mitaine-Offer, et al. · Journal of Natural Medicines · 176
Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability
2012 · Paul Gepts, Thomas R. Famula, et al. · 175
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