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• n  yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers

• Dioscorea bulbifera

News & Articles

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• Air Potato eaters: Researchers hope beetles will help control invasive vine, win public's affection
  Last month, Ellen Lake, a research entomologist who works for the USDAs Invasive Plant Research Lab, and her research partner, Melissa Smith, released 100 air potato leaf beetles at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
  Aug. 9, 2013 - Naples Daily News
• Scientists deploy beetle in invasive plant battle
  The leafy, green air potato vine is menacing hardwood hammocks, pine flatwoods and wetlands in every Florida county. / File photo LITHIA — Scientists hope a beetle will help them stop an invasive plant from smothering Florida’s native habitats.
  Aug. 9, 2013 - The Bay Bulletin