Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, the root and
vegetables. It is most commonly known as taro and is widely cultivated in the high rainfall …

Abstract In his 1959 book, Africa: Its Peoples and Their Culture History, George P. Murdock
suggested that a Malaysian complex of crops dispersed to Africa in ancient times across the …

Background Vegetatively propagated crops are globally significant in terms of current
agricultural production, as well as for understanding the long-term history of early agriculture …

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 …

Societal Impact Statement Using Taro (Colocasia esculenta) as a case study, we examine
how perception gaps contribute to negative feedback loops that create or maintain the …

Abstract The Ati Negrito people, a recently settled hunter-gatherer indigenous group in the
Philippines, are faced once more with the challenge of adapting to new settlements and …

Colocasia esculenta leaves possess vital nutritive and nonnutritive components in
significant amounts, but are underutilized, and lesser explored. The chemical composition …

Mainland Southeast Asia experienced a long, sustained period of foraging economy before
rice and millet farming spread into this area prior to 4,000 years BP. Although hundreds of …

Abstract Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott var. antiquorum] is an important tuber crop
widely cultivated in tropical and sub‐tropical regions, for its corms, leaves, and petioles …

Buot IE Jr, Buhay AFV. 2022. Review: Types of socioecological production landscapes of the
Philippines based on dominant biodiversity: status, problems and future directions …