Cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] also known as taro is regarded as an important
staple crop in the Pacific Islands, Asia and Africa. But, Africa has been unpopular in the taro …

Characterizations of plant genetic resources based on molecular markers have been
increased in the last years. Studies using a broad range of markers applied on hundreds of …

Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion
people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy …

As an ancient clonal root and leaf crop, taro (Colocasia esculenta, Araceae) is highly
polymorphic with uncertain genetic and geographic origins. We explored chloroplast DNA …

The genetic variability that developed in plants during their evolution is the basis of their
domestication and breeding into the crops grown today for food, fuel and other industrial …

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is one of the traditional crops with enormous nutritional and
pharmaceutical potential as compared to the other tuber crops. It is evident from the …

Taro is an ancient nutritional and medicinal crop woven into the fabric of the socio-economic
life of those living in the tropics and sub-tropics. However, West Africa (WA), which has been …

Promotion of taro, a neglected underutilised crop, as a possible future crop under water-
limited conditions hinges on availability of information describing its yield responses to …

The many threats to global food security in Sub Sahara Africa include poverty, unsustainable
cultivation practices and climate change. Increasing poverty and decreasing food security …

This review critically evaluates and discusses groundwork and recent studies on the
extraction, characteristics, properties, bioactivities, and applications of the water-soluble non …