Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Dioscorea abyssinica

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): rikua
Crop Use(s): root
Reference Source(s): rehm
Number of Papers/Mentions: 0

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Gebre, M. T. and P. C. Schmidt (1998). Some physico-chemical properties of dioscorea starch from Ethiopia. Starch 50(6): 241-246. {a} Sch. Pharmacy, Addis Ababa Univ., P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ramser, J., K. Weising, et al. (1997). Molecular marker based taxonomy and phylogeny of guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata - D. cayenensis). Genome 40(6): 903-915. {a} Plant Mol. Biol, Univ. Frankfurt Biocentre, Marie-Curie-Strasse 9, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany

Jean, M. and M. Cappadocia (1992). Effects of some growth regulators on in vitro tuberization in Dioscorea alata L. Brazo Fuerte and Dioscorea abyssinica Hoch. Plant Cell Reports 11(1): 34-38.

Lauzer, D., G. Laublin, et al. (1992). In vitro propagation and cytology of wild yams, Dioscorea abyssinica Hoch. and Dioscorea mangenotiana Miege. Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture 28(2): 215-223.

Terauchi, R., V. A. Chikaleke, et al. (1992). Origin and phylogeny of Guinea yams as revealed by RFLP analysis of chloroplast DNA and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Theoretical And Applied Genetics 83(6-7): 743-751.

Jean, M. and M. Cappadocia (1991). In vitro tuberization in Dioscorea alata L. Brazo fuerte and Florido and Dioscorea abyssinica Hoch. Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture 26(3): 147-152.

Hamon, P., J. P. Brizard, et al. (1000). Study of the DNA index in eight species of yams (Dioscorea sp.) using flow cytometry. Canadian Journal Of Botany 70(5): 996-1000.

Malaurie, B., O. Pungu, et al. The creation of an in vitro germplasm collection of yam (Dioscorea spp.) for genetic resources preservation. Euphytica 65(2): 113-122. {a} Laboratoire des Ressources Genetique et d'Amelioration des Plantes Tropicales, Centre ORSTOM BP.5045-F. 34032, Montpellier Cedex 1, France


Index of botanical names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
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N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]


Index of common names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
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N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]


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