Claim · model-written summary
One Stemona species was collected.
StemonaVerbatim
e3“a total of eighty nine (89) tuber crop species comprising of thirty five (35) yam, twenty eight (28) taro, eight (8) sweet potato, six (6) xanthosoma, five (5) tapioca, four (4) arrow root, two (2) elephant yam and one species of Stemona were collected”
Title
Exploration and Collection of Root and Tuber Crop Germplasm in Southern Districts of Assam, India
P. Arun Kumar; G.D. Harish; M.N. Sheela; et al. Ecology Environment and Conservation 2024. doi:10.53550/eec.2024.v30i05s.034
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Yam and taro diversity was highest in Karbianglong and Dima Hasao among the four explored districts.
- Observation Farmers reported a declining trend in tuber crop production and in the number of local varieties kept on their farms.
- Observation Farmers identified displacement by other crops, little research attention, drought, short shelf life and other factors as causes of the tuber crop decline.
- Observation A total of 89 tuber crop species were collected during the exploration.
- Observation Thirty-five yam species were collected.
- Observation Twenty-eight taro species were collected.
- Observation Eight sweet potato accessions were collected.
- Observation Six xanthosoma accessions were collected.
- Observation Five tapioca accessions were collected.
- Observation Four arrow root accessions were collected.
- Observation Two elephant yam accessions were collected.
- Recommendation There is ample scope for multi-crop explorations combining crop wild relatives and landraces diversity.
Stemona tuberosa