The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an important tuber crop with tremendous potential as a functional
food in the tropics and subtropics. However, the crop has not shown progressive productivity …

A number of wild crops remain unexplored in this world and among them some have
excellent medicinal and nutritional properties. India is a harbor of biodiversity in general and …

Testosterone derivatives and related compounds (such as anabolic-androgenic steroids—
AAS) are frequently misused by athletes (both professional and amateur) wishing to promote …

Trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) is one example of an orphan crop, not traded
internationally. Post-harvest hardening of the tubers of this species starts within 24 h after …

accepted 6 November 2020.* Correspondence Leena Tripathi (Tel+ 254-20-422-3472; fax+
254-20-422-3001; L. Tripathi@ cgiar. org), Kan Wang (Tel+ 1-515-294-4429; fax+ 1-515 …

Roots, tubers, and bananas (RTB) are vital staples for food security in the world's poorest
nations. A major constraint to current RTB breeding programmes is limited knowledge on the …

Abstract Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas, Lam.) is an important root vegetable in developing
countries. After its domestication in Neotropical America, human migration led to the …

The Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.) is an underutilized orphan tuber crop.
However, in China it has been used in traditional medicine and food for centuries due to the …

Introduction Ninety-seven percent of yam (Dioscorea spp.) production takes place in low
income food deficit countries (LIFDCs) and the crop provides 200 calories a day to …