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Yams (Dioscorea species of family Dioscoreaceae) are important for food, income, and sociocultural activities especially in West and Central Africa and account for about 93% of the world’s annual production of 38 million tonnes. Breeding of yams is focused primarily on the two dominant species, D...


Asiedu, RobertMignouna, H.Odu, B.Hughes, J.[Yam breeding]Yam breeding

Viruses of the genera Potyvirus, Potexvirus, Badnavirus, Cucumovirus, and Carlavirus infect yams of different species worldwide. These viruses cause a range of symptoms including mosaics, mottle, vein clearing, chlorosis, stunting, and distortion. These lead to a chronic and sometimes severe dise...


Kenyon, L.Shoyinka , S.Hughes, J.Odu, B.[An overview of viruses infecting Dioscorea yams in subSaharan Africa]An overview of viruses infecting Dioscorea yams in subSaharan Africa

Diagnosis of virus diseases of yams at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is based on the use of indicator plants, insect vectors, serological diagnostics, and electron microscopy (EM). Yam I (YVI), yam mosaic (YMV), and Dioscorea dumetorum (DdV) potyviruses even in mixed ...


Hughes, J.Dongo, L.Ng, S.Y.C.[Diagnosis of yam viruses]Diagnosis of yam viruses

Accurate and timely detection is vital for mitigation of tuber yield losses resulting from yam mosaic virus (YMV) infection on yam, a major food security crop in West Africa. The observation, from our previous studies, that the triple antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TAS-ELISA...


Eni, A.Hughes, J.Asiedu, RobertRey, M.[Re-evaluation of Yam Mosaic Virus (YMV) detection methods]Re-evaluation of Yam Mosaic Virus (YMV) detection methods

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