Seventeen varieties of sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] were grown and evaluated by subsistence upland farmers of Basey, Samar, Philippines. The 14 local and three improved varieties were described by leaf shape and color as well as by the color ...
R De Pedro Jr. +4 more
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Variability, Divergence, Heterosis, Combining Ability and Yield Component Studies in Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas (L) Lam.) from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia [PDF]
Studies were conducted to examine the breeding potential of the Malaysian indigenous sweet potato germplasm. A total of 99 sweet potato accessions was collected from five different regions in the states of Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia.
Saad, Mohd Said
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Can banana peel and sweet potato vines have efficient in diets for growing rabbits?
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the use of banana peel (BP) and sweet potato vines (SPV) as a replacement for maize and alfalfa hay in diets for rabbits. Animal performance, economic analyses, meat composition and color were evaluated for 49 days in a total 50 New Zealand White rabbits weaned at 35 days with average body mass of ±614g ...
Diuly Bortoluzzi Falcone +5 more
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Review of the Challenges and Prospects in Agrivoltaics
This articles reviews the recent prospects of agri‐photovoltaics (agri‐PV) across continents. The existing standards and pilot projects to standardize new codes and regulations are discussed. The state‐of‐the‐art agri‐PV scheme's benefits and lackings are presented. Community acceptance and policy barriers are also discussed where prospective solutions
Tanvir M. Mahim +2 more
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GROWTH AND PARTITIONING IN SWEET POTATOES
In 4 sweet potato cultivars studied, harvest indices and dry weight accumulations of sweet potato storage roots and total plant dry weight increased throughout the growing season, but declined during the later part of the season.
John C. Bouwkamp
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This study, conducted at the Sericulture Research Area of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, evaluated the performance of ten sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) varieties intercropped with mulberry (Morus alba) trees.
Mark Anthony A. Boisa +2 more
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Design and Development of a Tractor Mounted Sweet Potato Transplanting Machine [PDF]
Transplanting is an important method of establishing field sweet potatoes. Design of a suitable transplanting machine depends on transplanting method. A design concept for the sweet potato transplanting machine was developed using Auto CAD R14.
Mohamed El Hassan, Mansour Widaa
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Combined application of biofertilizers and inorganic nutrients improves sweet potato yields [PDF]
Open Access JournalSweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] yields currently stand at 4.5 t ha−1 on smallholder farms in Uganda, despite the attainable yield (45–48 t ha−1) of NASPOT 11 cultivar comparable to the potential yield (45 t ha−1) in sub-Saharan ...
AbdelGadir, AbdelAziz H. +5 more
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Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
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Growth medium and environmental studies of sweet potato meristem culture : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Applied Science at Massey University, New Zealand [PDF]
The ability of three New Zealand local sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) cultivars 'Toka Toka Gold', 'Beauregard', and Owairaka Red' to form plantlets in vitro was investigated Meristematic tips (0.2–0.4 mm) of apical shoots from vines of the three ...
Huang, Ning
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