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 trifida
syn Dioscorea brasiliensis

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

 

Common Name(s): cush-cush yam syn couche-couche syn yampi syn mapuey syn Aja syn cush-cush syn indian yam
Crop Use(s): root
Reference Source(s): Kochhar, Rehm, Sturtevant
Number of papers: 16

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.]

Bousalem, M., E. J. P. Douzery, et al. (2000). High genetic diversity, distant phylogenetic relationships and intraspecies recombination events among natural populations of Yam mosaic virus: A contribution to understanding potyvirus evolution. Journal of General Virology. Jan. 81(1): 243-255. {a} Laboratoire de Phytovirologie des Regions Chaudes, CIRAD/IRD, F-34032, Montpellier Cedex 1, France

Mitchell, S. A. and M. H. Ahmad (1999). Morphological changes of Dioscorea trifida cv. Short Neck Yampie and D. cayenensis cv. Round Leaf Yellow Yam linked to the number and size of harvested tubers. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology. July 74(4): 531-539. {a} Biotechnology Laboratory, Sugar Industry Research Institute, Kendal Road, Mandeville, Jamaica

Asemota, H. N., J. Ramser, et al. (1996). Genetic variation and cultivar identification of Jamaican yam germplasm by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. Euphytica 92(3): 341-351. {a} Plant Mol. Biol., Biozentrum, Frankfurt Univ., 60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Solano, X., J. R. Navarro, et al. (1996). Field practices to improve Dioscorea trifida L. planting material production. Journal of Applied Botany 70(5-6): 211-214. {a} Inst. Pflanzenproduktion Tropen Subtropen, Univ. Hohenheim, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany

Solano, X., J. R. Navarro, et al. (1996). Practices to prolong the storage life of Dioscorea trifida L. planting material. Journal of Applied Botany 70(5-6): 215-217. {a} Inst. Pflanzenproduktion den Tropen Subtropen 380, Univ. Hohenheim, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany

Mitchell, S. A., H. N. Asemota, et al. (1995). Effects of explant source, culture medium strength and growth regulators on the in-vitro propagation of three Jamaican yams (Dioscorea cayenensis, D. trifida and D rotundata). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 67(2): 173-180. {a} Biotechnol. Cent., Univ. West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica

Saleil, V., L. Degras, et al. (1990). Cleaning the Dioscorea trifida L. yam from yam mosaic virus (YMV) through apices in vitro culture. Agronomie 10(8): 605-616.

Essad, S. (1984). Geographical variation in base chromosome number and polyploidy within the genus Dioscorea, on the basis of chromosome counts in Dioscorea transversa, Dioscorea pilosiuscula and Dioscorea trifida. Agronomie 4(7): 611-618.

Winch, J. E., F. J. Newhook, et al. (1984). Studies of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides disease on yam, Dioscorea alata, in Solomon Islands. Plant Pathology 33(4): 467-478.

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

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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF