Amorphophallus paeoniifolius commonly known as “Jimikand”, “Elephant foot yam” is one of the underutilized aroid of araceae family. It is tuberous, stout indigenous herbs used in ayurvedic medicine system for treating various human ailments. In recent years the popularity of complementary medicine has increased. The present review compiles the existing literature related to botanical descriptio...

Recently Li and Yam (2005) studied which ageing properties for series and parallel systems are inherited for the components. In this paper we provide new results for the increasing convex and concave orders, the increasing mean residual life (IMRL), decreasing failure rate (DFR), the new worse than used in expectation (NWUE), the increasing failure rate in average (IFRA), the decreasing failure...

Various farm wastes were investigated as substrates for Pleurotus tuber-regium. The highest mushroom harvest (fresh weight) was obtained from oil palm fruit fiber substrate and the lowest yield was from yam (Dioscorea sp.) peelings. Casing enhanced yield from all substrates. Oil palm fruit fiber spawn is an alternative to the sclerotium in propagating the fungus. Some fungi and pests were assoc...

Dioscorea bulbifera L. is a widely distributed plant in the humid and sub-humid tropics. The taxonomic treatment of this species ambiguous due to its extreme polymorphic morphological characters. Therefore, it imperative assess distribution, inter intraspecific variability relationships D. bulbifera. In study, genetic diversity distribution 41 accessions Uganda were investigated. Diversity amon...

During 2007 survey of post-harvest diseases of yam performed in May and June, severe tuber loss caused by blue mold was observed in Iksan, Cheonbuk Province. Two species of Penicillium were isolated from the infected tubers. Based on β-tubulin gene sequence analysis, and cultural and morphological characteristics, the isolates were identified as Penicillium sclerotigenum and P. polonicum. P. sc...

• Bone mineral density (BMD) is used as an indicator of osteoporosis. BMD is measured and quantified by T-score, whose units are standard deviations relative to that of young, healthy adults (Young Adult Mean [YAM]). The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) defines osteoporosis as a T-score of -2.5 or lower, i.e., worse. Severe osteoporosis is defined as a T-score of -2.5 or lower, and p...