Taro leaf blight (caused by the Oomycete Phytophthora colocasiae) is a disease of major
importance in many regions of the world where taro is grown. Serious outbreaks of taro leaf …

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 …

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 …

Current portrayals of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) over the past 5,000 years are dominated
by discussion of the Austronesian “farming/language dispersal,” with associated linguistic …

A multidimensional conceptual framework is advanced that characterizes early agriculture
as a subset of human-environment interactions. Three cross-articulating dimensions of …

Kuk is a settlement at c. 1600 m altitude in the upper Wahgi Valley of the Western Highlands
Province of Papua New Guinea, near Mount Hagen, the provincial capital. The site forms …

In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with'nature'and'wilderness';
battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the …

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is an important root crop in the humid tropics and a valuable
source of essential mineral nutrients. In the presented study, we compared the mineral …

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

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas.
However, its origin, diversification and dispersal remain unclear. While taro genetic diversity …