The yams (Dioscorea spp.) of Madagascar : wild endemic and cultivated species ; diversity, perception, nutritional value, and sustainable management. — Endemic and introduced species of Malagasy yams (Dioscorea spp.) have been studied in the dry western area (Menabe central, near Morondava) where diversity is high, taking into account the occurrence of new species recently described. A comparison with a humid area of the eastern slopes of the country (around Brickaville) shows a striking difference in terms of diversity. However, in the humid area, the cultivated yams (especially Dioscorea alata) introduced by the fi rst Indo-Malay settlers are abundant in shifting cultivations, together with the wild species, and the various cultivars have...
Yams belong to the Dioscorea L. which is by far the largest genus in Dioscoreaceae with over 600 spe...
Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir. and Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.) is a native, old and tradition...
The different species of rain-forest plants developing starchy tubers were studied around Makokou (N...
Etude originaleInternational audienceThe potential development of the four varieties of yam the most...
International audienceA new species of Dioscorea from Morondava prefecture in Western Madagascar is ...
International audienceA new species of yam (Dioscorea orangeana Wilkin) is described and illustrated...
Yam (Dioscorea spp) is a major staple for more than 100 million people in Africa. The main objective...
L’igname (Dioscorea spp) est un aliment de base de plus de 100 millions de personnes en Afrique. L’o...
We studied how farmers' practices contribute to the dynamics and the structure of the diversity of a...
The dioscoreáceas constitute an important source of food are distributed in tropical and subtropical...
The domestication of wild yams is still common practice in West Africa. It also offers one of the fe...
ABSTRACT Wild yam tubers have been considered to be key food to resolving the question of whether hu...
Yam (Dioscorea spp) is an annual tuber crop which is an important food crops in intertropical diets....
In West Africa, shifting cultivation using the slash and burn technique is the traditional yam cropp...
Widely spread in the tropics, yams were introduced into Brazil during the colonial period and are cu...
Yams belong to the Dioscorea L. which is by far the largest genus in Dioscoreaceae with over 600 spe...
Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir. and Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.) is a native, old and tradition...
The different species of rain-forest plants developing starchy tubers were studied around Makokou (N...
Etude originaleInternational audienceThe potential development of the four varieties of yam the most...
International audienceA new species of Dioscorea from Morondava prefecture in Western Madagascar is ...
International audienceA new species of yam (Dioscorea orangeana Wilkin) is described and illustrated...
Yam (Dioscorea spp) is a major staple for more than 100 million people in Africa. The main objective...
L’igname (Dioscorea spp) est un aliment de base de plus de 100 millions de personnes en Afrique. L’o...
We studied how farmers' practices contribute to the dynamics and the structure of the diversity of a...
The dioscoreáceas constitute an important source of food are distributed in tropical and subtropical...
The domestication of wild yams is still common practice in West Africa. It also offers one of the fe...
ABSTRACT Wild yam tubers have been considered to be key food to resolving the question of whether hu...
Yam (Dioscorea spp) is an annual tuber crop which is an important food crops in intertropical diets....
In West Africa, shifting cultivation using the slash and burn technique is the traditional yam cropp...
Widely spread in the tropics, yams were introduced into Brazil during the colonial period and are cu...
Yams belong to the Dioscorea L. which is by far the largest genus in Dioscoreaceae with over 600 spe...
Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir. and Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.) is a native, old and tradition...
The different species of rain-forest plants developing starchy tubers were studied around Makokou (N...