Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-34516-9_15
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“…Yam is rich in carbohydrate and thus provides a good source of energy. It also has unique medicinal properties on account of its rich alkaloid content and steroidal compounds (Bantilan, 2019 ; Mignouna et al, 2008 ). Some yam species are also used for the production of industrial starch.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yam is rich in carbohydrate and thus provides a good source of energy. It also has unique medicinal properties on account of its rich alkaloid content and steroidal compounds (Bantilan, 2019 ; Mignouna et al, 2008 ). Some yam species are also used for the production of industrial starch.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Germplasm conservation is fraught with difficulty and ex situ collections are very expensive to maintain. Morphological characterisation is currently done with international standardised descriptors, and various molecular markers are used to assess genetic diversity to identify duplicates and reduce the size of the collections . Isozymes have been used to characterise African yams ( D. cayenensis‐rotundata ), and accessions of D. alata , the most widespread species in the world .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For more information about the genetics and genomics of yams, see Mignouna et al (2005Mignouna et al ( , 2007Mignouna et al ( , 2008 and Orkwor et al (1998).…”
Section: Genetics and Genomicsmentioning
confidence: 98%