Taro roots: An underexploited root crop

MJ Ferdaus, E Chukwu-Munsen, A Foguel, RC da Silva - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a root crop that remains largely underutilized and undervalued
despite its abundance and affordability. In comparison to other root vegetables, such as …

Evaluation of improved taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) genotypes on growth and yield performance in North-Bench woreda of Bench-Sheko zone, South …

T Legesse, T Bekele - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Taro is the world's fourth most important root crop in terms of production by weight, behind
cassava, potato, and sweet potato, and the second most significant staple root crop in terms …

Newly isolated intervarietal garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) progenies (F7) under north western Himalayan conditions of India

A Sharma, BS Sekhon, S Sharma… - Experimental Agriculture, 2020 - cambridge.org
Low genetic diversity acts as a major bottleneck in garden pea breeding, and diverse
parents are required to generate new genetic material. The diversity of parents utilized in …

Genetic diversity in Eddoe Taro (Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum) from Indonesia based on morphological and nutritional characteristics

D Maretta, S Sobir, I Helianti, P Purwono… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2020 - smujo.id
Maretta D, Sobir Helianti I, Purwono, Santosa E. 2020. Genetic diversity in Eddoe Taro
(Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum) from Indonesia based on morphological and …

Effects of Watering Regimes and Planting Density on Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Growth, Yield, and Yield Components in Embu, Kenya

J Wambui Njuguna, AN Karuma… - … Journal of Agronomy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is one of the most underutilized crops in sub‐Saharan
Africa and an important staple food in the tropics. Understanding its growth response under …

Evaluation and selection of taro [Colocasia esculentra (L.) Schott] accessions under dryland conditions in South Africa

AS Gerrano, WS Jansen Van Rensburg… - … , Section B—Soil & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] is an important underutilised staple food
crop in South Africa, with a lot of potential to address food insecurity among poor rural …

Detection of the local adaptive and genome-wide associated loci in southeast Nigerian taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) populations

TW Fufa, TM Menamo, WG Abtew, CO Amadi… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background Taro has a long history of being consumed and remains orphan and on the
hand Nigeria farmers. The role of farmer-driven artificial selection is not negligible to fit …

AMMI-and GGE biplot analysis of taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) genotypes in Southern Ethiopia

A Kifle, D Belew, K Tesfaye - Ethiopian Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.ju.edu.et
Abstract Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is becoming an important food security crop
for millions of smallholder farmers, particularly in some parts of southern Ethiopia as a result …

Effect of Different Storage Methods on Growth, Seed Quality and Corm Yield of Taro (Colocasia esculenta L.(Schott.)) in Southwestern Ethiopia

B Mekonnen - Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023 - ajol.info
Taro is a staple root crop in the south, central, western, and southwestern parts of Ethiopia.
However, its production is limited due to several factors. The seed corm storage condition is …

[PDF][PDF] Character association for yield parameters in Yam bean [Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urban]

D Shikha, A Narayan - … Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied …, 2020 - academia.edu
The Yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) is one of the legume root crops. Yam bean crop was
introduced into India during the period between 1880 and 1890 (Anonymous 1889a; Tiwari …