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Post-flask management of yam (Dioscorea) plantlets.

Yam (Dioscorea) husbandry: cultivating yams in the field or greenhouse.

[Determination of pseudoprodioscin in Dioscorea panthaica by HPLC].

Tensioning the helix: a mechanism for force generation in twining plants.

[Chemical constituents from tubers of Dioscorea bulbifera].

[Analysis of biochemical indices and efficient ingredients in autotetraploid of Dioscorea zingibiernsis].

Cryopreservation of plantlet nodes of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. using a vitrification method.

Yam (Dioscorea pseudojaponica Yamamoto) ameliorates cognition deficit and attenuates oxidative damage in senescent mice induced by D-galactose.

Preparation and application of carboxymethyl yam (Dioscorea esculenta) starch.

Estrogen activities and the cellular effects of natural progesterone from wild yam extract in mcf-7 human breast cancer cells.

Dilemmas caused by endogenous pararetroviruses regarding the taxonomy and diagnosis of yam (Dioscorea spp.) badnaviruses: analyses to support safe germplasm movement.

Sucrose treatment and explant water content: critical factors to consider in development of successful cryopreservation protocols for shoot tip explants of the tropical species Dioscorea rotundata (YAM).

[Isolation and structure determination of steroidal saponin from Dioscorea zingiberensis].

Molecular characterization of a new macluravirus from yam in Yunnan, China.

[Steroid furostanol glycosides: a new class of natural adaptogenes (review)].

Infestation and population dynamics of insects on stored cassava and yams chips in Benin, West Africa.

Amylolytic hydrolysis of native starch granules affected by granule surface area.

Biocontrol efficacy of Bacillus subtilis strains isolated from cow dung against postharvest yam (Dioscorea rotundata L.) pathogens.

Relationship between the physicochemical properties of starches and the glycemic indices of some Jamaican yams (Dioscorea spp.).

Inhibitory effect of 30-kDa phytoglycoprotein on expression of TNF-alpha and COX-2 via activation of PKCalpha and ERK 1/2 in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells.