Called “black bryony family” in GBIF
Dioscoreaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera. The best-known member of the family is the yam.
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Growers of medicinal or culinary yams who rotate the same beds year after year face steadily wors...
That purple yam you might grow as an ornamental or edible in a warm-climate garden turns out to p...
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Certain rare soil fungi, when used to inoculate Chinese yam roots, boosted plant growth and reshaped the surrounding microbial community more effectively than common strains or mixed cocktails. The findings suggest that carefully selected single-strain inoculants may help break the cycle of replant failure that plagues continuously cropped medicinal yams.
That purple yam you might grow as an ornamental or edible in a warm-climate garden turns out to pack the same class of pigment...
