Yam Root Crops Field Crops Agriculture

Yam is a vegetable obtained from the root of plants of the genus Dioscorea. (Sweet potatoes are sometimes called yam, especially in the US, but are unrelated.)

• Top/Science/Biology/Flora and Fauna/Plantae/Magnoliophyta/Liliopsida/Dioscoreaceae/Dioscorea

• Yams: Dioscorea spp. - Notes on this crop, its uses, the species yam generally grown in Florida and their culture.
• Post-Harvest Operation: Yams - Provides information on harvesting, transport, packaging, curing, cleaning, field crops storage, field crops processing and dormancy in the tubers.
• Yam (vegetable) - Wikipedia - Describes the main cultivated species, preparation, use, and yam cultural aspects.
• Dioscorea batatas, The Hardy Yam - Plants For A Future - Article with brief details of cultivation and uses, including reader yam comments.
• CGIAR: Research & Impact: Areas of Research: Yam - Account of the importance and extent of cultivation field crops of the crop today.

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