Article history: Received: 14 February 2016 Accepted in revised form: 20 March 2016 ABSTRACT In recent years, Dioscorea opposita shares a bigger market as people pay more and more attention to health. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. cv. Tiegun is deeply favored by people as it has high edible value, medicinal value and nutritional value. Relatively concentrated harvest season of Dioscorea opposita Th...

isotopic and nuclear techniques play an important role in food and agriculture, health and industry. in the agricultural sciences and food technology sectors, recent research has elucidated the new potential application of radiation for microbial decontamination, food preservation, improve the nutritional quality of  foods  and effectively utilise its potential as human food or animal feed. the...