This review of the literature on varietal change in sub‐Saharan Africa looks in detail at
adoption of new varieties of bananas in Uganda, cassava in Nigeria, potato in Kenya …

Food and nutritional security are the major concerns in many countries of the world and may
have potential to contribute to sustainable food systems under climate change. To address …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an important tuber crop with tremendous potential as a functional
food in the tropics and subtropics. However, the crop has not shown progressive productivity …

A number of wild crops remain unexplored in this world and among them some have
excellent medicinal and nutritional properties. India is a harbor of biodiversity in general and …

Dioscin has gained immense popularity as a natural, bioactive steroid saponin, which offers
numerous medical benefits. The growing global incidence of disease‐associated morbidity …

Whole genome duplication (WGD) events are common in many plant lineages, but the
ploidy status and possible occurrence of intraspecific ploidy variation are unknown for most …

Key message This study generated the first high-density genetic map for D. alata based on
genotyping-by-sequencing and provides new insight on sex determination in yam. Abstract …

A better understanding of the structure and extent of genetic variability in a breeding
population of a crop is essential for translating genetic diversity to genetic gain. We …

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

Abstract Background and Aims Inferring the diffusion history of many human-dispersed
species is still not straightforward due to unresolved past human migrations. The centre of …