Like any other country in the tropical and subtropical regions, wild yams are considered an
important food by many indigenous peoples in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast …

This study aims to explore the potential of Dioscorea nummularia Lam. and to gather
information as a prelude to its improvement by plant breeding. After a taxonomic clarification …

Morphological characters are markers that can be used to measure the magnitude of
diversity in plants based on the phenotype character. The purpose of this research is to …

The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

Most tuberous crops, for instance, the yam, whose scientific name is Dioscorea alata, have
food reserves in the form of starch in tubers. Characterization of starch grains of a plant …

Mas' udah S, Fauziah, Hapsari L. 2019. Cluster analysis of Dioscorea alata accessions of
Purwodadi Botanic Gardens (Indonesia) collection based on morphological characteristics …

Dioscorea spp.(Yam) is an edible tuber plant from the Dioscoreaceae family. There are
around 600 species of Dioscorea spp., one of them is Dioscorea alata. D. alata has a wide …