[HTML][HTML] Multi-Trait Selection Index for Simultaneous Selection of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) Genotypes

F Ouattara, PA Agre, II Adejumobi, MO Akoroda… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Farmers' perspective toward a demand led yam breeding in Nigeria

C Kalu, I Nnabue, A Edemodu, PA Agre… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study seeks to increase the efficiency of yam breeding practice using farmers' insight at
the trait and socioeconomic levels. A three-staged multisampling procedure was employed …

Genetic architecture of post-harvest tuber quality traits in bush yam (Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.) germplasm through association mapping

AS Adewumi, PA Asare, OT Akintayo… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Bush yam (Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.) is an important semi-domesticated
food crop in West Africa. Limited information on the genetic architecture and its poor post …

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F Tetteh, W Awoyale, EA Adjei… - … farming systems in …, 2024 - books.google.com
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is the common name for a monocotyledonous tuber-producing vine
plant with several species (approximately 600)(Mondo et al., 2020). It is widely cultivated as …