The multi-disciplinary methods used to investigate early agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the
Highlands of New Guinea are outlined. Methods adopted during the original investigations …

Microsatellite markers are widely used in population genetics and breeding. Despite the
economic significance of yams in developing countries, there is a paucity of microsatellite …

Progress is being made at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Ibadan,
Nigeria) to develop molecular tools for marker-assisted selection that would complement …

Dioscorea rotundata is a staple food crop for millions of people in the tropical and
subtropical regions. In vitro germplasm conservation is a very useful tool in yam …

Root and tuber crops are grown in different parts of the world for different reasons, but in
Africa, cassava (Manihot esculenta) and yam (Dioscoreasps.) are grown as a main staple …

The sister orders Pandanales and Dioscoreales are the last two major clades of monocots
that remain to be examined in depth using phylogenomic approaches. Previous studies …

The islands of Vanuatu are relatively young geologically, having been formed through
tectonic activity. They were colonised very early after their formation by plant species that …

Manual crosses were carried out over two successive years on Dioscorea alata for the
production of hybrid seeds between five females and seven males' parents with contrasting …

Ex-situ collections of vegetatively propagated root crops are difficult to maintain in
developing countries. On-farm conservation could be a solution but is more complex for …

采用AFLP 分子标记方法对收集于6 省不同地区的111 份大薯种质资源进行遗传多样性分析.
筛选到的8 个AFLP 引物组合扩增到1291 个位点, 其中1286 个是多态性位点 …