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Screening and optimisation of in vitro pollen germination medium for sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas)

Plant Methods, 2023
Background Sweetpotato is an important vegetable and food crop that is bred through sexual crosses and systematic selection. The use of in vitro germination of sweetpotato pollen to test its viability has important theoretical and practical implications ...
Zongkuan Weng, Yitong Deng, Fen Tang, Lukuan Zhao, Lingxiao Zhao, Yuan Wang, Xibin Dai, Zhilin Zhou, Qinghe Cao   +8 more
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Comparative physiological and transcriptome analysis between potassium-deficiency tolerant and sensitive sweetpotato genotypes in response to potassium-deficiency stress

BMC Genomics
Background Sweetpotato is a typical ‘‘potassium (K+) favoring’’ food crop, which root differentiation process needs a large supply of potassium fertilizer and determine the final root yield. To further understand the regulatory network of the response to
Rong Jin, Mengxiao Yan, Guanghua Li, Ming Liu, Peng Zhao, Zhe Zhang, Qiangqiang Zhang, Xiaoya Zhu, Jing Wang, Yongchao Yu, Aijun Zhang, Jun Yang, Zhonghou Tang   +12 more
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Integrated metabolic and transcriptional analysis reveals the role of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 (IbCCD4) in carotenoid accumulation in sweetpotato tuberous roots

Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023
Background Plant carotenoids are essential for human health, having wide uses in dietary supplements, food colorants, animal feed additives, and cosmetics.
Jie Zhang, Liheng He, Jingjing Dong, Cailiang Zhao, Yujie Wang, Ruimin Tang, Wenbin Wang, Zhixian Ji, Qinghe Cao, Hong’e Xie, Zongxin Wu, Runzhi Li, Ling Yuan, Xiaoyun Jia   +13 more
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Characterization of volatile compounds profiles and identification of key volatile and odor-active compounds in 40 sweetpotato (Ipomoea Batatas L.) varieties

Food Chemistry: X
Sweetpotato with different flesh colors exhibits significant differences in flavor. Nevertheless, research on the identification of the key aromatic compounds in sweetpotato is scarce.
Rong Zhang, Chaochen Tang, Bingzhi Jiang, Xueying Mo, Zhangying Wang   +4 more
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Genome-wide identification of the C2H2 zinc finger gene family and expression analysis under salt stress in sweetpotato

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionThe higher plant transcription factor C2H2 zinc finger protein (C2H2-ZFP) is essential for plant growth, development, and stress response. There are limited studies on C2H2-ZFP genes in sweetpotato, despite a substantial number of C2H2-ZFP ...
Taifeng Du, Yuanyuan Zhou, Zhen Qin, Aixian Li, Qingmei Wang, Zongyun Li, Fuyun Hou, Liming Zhang, Liming Zhang   +8 more
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Spontaneous Fermentation-Induced Changes in Selected Ghanaian Plant-Based Flours: Physico-Functional and Biochemical Insights for Complementary Food Use. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
Impact of spontaneous fermentation on functional, pasting, and biochemical properties of indigenous Ghanaian plant matrices. ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of spontaneous fermentation (SF) on the physicochemical and biochemical properties of seven Ghanaian staples: maize, millet, sorghum, sweetpotato, cassava, plantain, and soybeans.
Atuna RA, Akabanda F, Makurat J, Bordewick-Dell U, Lamping M, Ritter G, Amagloh FK.   +6 more
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Gender-Disaggregated Analysis of Sweetpotato Cultivation and Consumption in the Volta Region of Ghana. [PDF]

Plant Environ Interact
ABSTRACT Women and men play a significant role in the cultivation and utilization of food crops. This study highlights the influence of gender on the cultivation and consumption of sweetpotato. The study employed cross‐sectional purposive and simple random sampling techniques to select 300 respondents from three district capitals of the Volta region of
Effah-Manu L, Opoku GF, Letsyo E, Anku EW, Moot H.   +4 more
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Gender analysis of sweetpotato value chains: The impact of introducing orange-fleshed varieties to industrial buyers in Homa Bay and Bungoma, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2020
Under the auspices of the CIP‐led Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition project (SUSTAIN), the study reported here sought to understand how the introduction and commercialization of orange-fleshed sweetpotato has affected opportunities
Heck, S., Kwikiriza, N., Mudege, N.N.
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Transcriptome sequencing and whole genome expression profiling of hexaploid sweetpotato under salt stress

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Purple-fleshed sweetpotato (PFSP) is one of the most important crops in the word which helps to bridge the food gap and contribute to solve the malnutrition problem especially in developing countries.
Mohamed Hamed Arisha, Hesham Aboelnasr, Muhammad Qadir Ahmad, Yaju Liu, Wei Tang, Runfei Gao, Hui Yan, Meng Kou, Xin Wang, Yungang Zhang, Qiang Li   +10 more
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Potato and sweetpotato breeding at the International Potato Center: approaches, outcomes and the way forward

Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2023
Root and tuber crop breeding is at the front and center of CIP’s science program, which seeks to develop and disseminate sustainable agri-food technologies, information and practices to serve objectives including poverty alleviation, income generation ...
H. Lindqvist‐Kreuze, M. Bonierbale, W. Grüneberg, T. Mendes, B. De Boeck, Hugo Campos   +5 more
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