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Cryopreservation of in vitro-grown shoot-tips of tropical taro (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta) by vitrification.

Cloning, expression, and characterization of soluble starch synthase I cDNA from taro (Colocasia esculenta Var. esculenta).

cDNA cloning, expression, and characterization of Taro SSII: a novel member of starch synthase II family.

The anti-cancer effects of poi (Colocasia esculenta) on colonic adenocarcinoma cells In vitro.

Molecular cloning, recombinant gene expression, and antifungal activity of cystatin from taro (Colocasia esculenta cv. Kaosiung no. 1).

Antibiosis and antixenosis to Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididac) in Colocasia esculenta.

Taro vein chlorosis virus: characterization and variability of a new nucleorhabdovirus.

Inhibition of human lanosterol synthase by the constituents of Colocasia esculenta (taro).

A non-dairy probiotic's (poi) influence on changing the gastrointestinal tract's microflora environment.

Genetic diversity of taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Glycaemic index of selected staples commonly eaten in the Caribbean and the effects of boiling v. crushing.

The medicinal uses of poi.

Sequence diversity of South Pacific isolates of Taro bacilliform virus and the development of a PCR-based diagnostic test.

A promoter derived from taro bacilliform badnavirus drives strong expression in transgenic banana and tobacco plants.

Origins of agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of New Guinea.

Tuber storage proteins.

Genomic characterisation of taro bacilliform virus.

Ion chromatography of phytate in roots and tubers.

Inactivation of trypsin inhibitors in sweet potato and taro tubers during processing.

Efficiency of mannose-binding plant lectins in controlling a homopteran insect, the red cotton bug.