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 …

Food and nutritional security are the major concerns in many countries of the world and may
have potential to contribute to sustainable food systems under climate change. To address …

Indigenous communities across the globe, especially in rural areas, consume locally
available plants known as Traditional Food Plants (TFPs) for their nutritional and health …

Wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) make a significant contribution to the diets and economic
welfare of tribal people of Koraput, India. However, there is a lack of information on the food …

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 …

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 …

Background Until recently, plant metabolomics have provided a deep understanding on the
metabolic regulation in individual plants as experimental units. The application of these …

Screening carotenoids of elite accessions of yam (Dioscorea spp.) used in the global yam
breeding program has been conducted to quantitatively determine the carotenoid …

Yam (Dioscorea sp.) is an understudied tuber crop despite its importance for food security,
income generation, culture, and health in West Africa. Traditional yam cropping practices in …