Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

The Dioscorea genus, commonly known as yam, is a rich source of bioactive compounds that include steroid saponins, phenanthrenes and diverse phenolic derivatives. These constituents exhibit a spectrum ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Field trials were conducted in the forest zone of southern Nigeria on three soil series, gravelly loamy sand Ibadan soil (Oxic paleustalf), ...