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The biocultural heritage and changing role of indigenous yams in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.
La production mondiale d'igname est centrée sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest, mais il existe d'importantes lacunes dans les connaissances sur la diversité au niveau des exploitations agricoles dans une grande partie de la région, et particulièrement en Guinée. Bien que la production d'igname augmente en Guinée, à long terme, la... -
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Wild edible yams from Madagascar: New insights into nutritional composition support their use for food security and conservation.
Yams ( species) are an important food resource in Madagascar, where both cultivated winged yam ( ) and wild edible yams are consumed. However, there is limited knowledge on the nutrient composition of wild edible yams in Madagascar, and on how they compare with the cultivated winged yam. Therefore, in... -
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Indigenous crop diversity maintained despite the introduction of major global crops in an African centre of agrobiodiversity.
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Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop.
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A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea.
The Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea (CVPRG) is a specimen-based, expert-validated knowledge product, which provides a concise synthesis and overview of current knowledge on 3901 vascular plant species documented from Guinea (Conakry), West Africa, including their accepted names and synonyms, as well as their distribution... -
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Genomic, spatial and morphometric data for discrimination of four species in the Mediterranean Tamus clade of yams (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae).
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities.
Madagascar’s unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar’s terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by presenting data and analyses on documented and predicted species-level conservation statuses, the most prevalent and relevant threats,... -
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use.
Madagascar’s biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar’s past and current terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by compiling and presenting comprehensive data on species diversity, endemism, and rates of species description and human uses, in addition to presenting an updated... -
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Modelling potential range expansion of an underutilised food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite substantial growth in global agricultural production, food and nutritional insecurity is rising in Sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of underutilised indigenous crops with useful food security traits may provide part of the solution. Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a perennial banana relative with cultivation restricted to southwestern Ethiopia, where high productivity and...