Yams (Dioscorea spp.) consist of approximately 600 species. Presently, these species are threatened by genetic erosion due to many factors such as pest attacks and farming …
DA Williams, NE Harms, IA Knight… - Invasive Plant Science …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The distribution of genetic diversity in invasive plant populations can have important management implications. Alligatorweed [Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.] was …
Purposeful manipulation of biological control programs, such as timed releases of biological control agents, can be ephemeral and difficult to expand into new areas impacted by the …
E Ekaette, E Nwofia, P Okocha, I Nnnabue, K Eluwa… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Dioscorea bulbifera is an edible yam specie with aerial bulbils. Assessing the genetic diversity of D. bulbifera accession for cultivation and breeding purposes is essential for it …
MB Rayamajhi, E Rohrig, J Leidi, C Kerr, E Salcedo… - Biological control, 2019 - Elsevier
Expanding populations of Dioscorea bulbifera, a trellising invasive vine of Afro-Asian provenance, have become widely established in the southeastern United States. Its …
WA Overholt, M Rayamajhi, E Rohrig… - Biocontrol Science …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT From 2012 to 2015, 429,668 Lilioceris cheni Gressit and Kimoto (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were released in Florida for biological control of air potato Dioscorea …
TD Center, M Rayamajhi, FA Dray… - Biocontrol Science …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Dioscorea bulbifera, an Asian vine, is invasive in the southeastern USA. It rarely flowers but propagates from potato-like bulbils formed in leaf axils, which persist into the subsequent …
Dioscorea bulbifera is a serious invader of various ecosystems in Florida, where plants generated by its two morphotypes climb aggressively and smother supporting vegetation …
Open-field host-specificity testing assesses the host-range of a biological control agent in a setting that permits the agent to use its full complement of host-seeking behaviors. This form …