India (Kumaon region, western Himalayas): axillary tubers cut into pieces, steeped in water, and boiled prior to eating. Maharashtra State (Thane District): the Warli tribe eat the roasted roots.

Histological observations confirmed that bulbil initiation coincided with lower auxin levels and increased expression of sucrose metabolism genes LlSusy1 and LlCWIN2. These genes were found to ...

Diosgenin, a secondary metabolite isolated from the Dioscorea spp. plant family, is an irreplaceable and ideal starting material for the synthesis of steroid hormone drugs. Dioscorea zingiberensis ...

The leaf fossil is the first of Dioscorea yams from Asia and hints at a Gondwanan origin to these plants, claim scientists. When scientists R. C. Mehrotra and Anumeha Shukla from Lucknow's Birbal ...