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The effects of ethylene on sweetpotato storage [PDF]
, 2014 Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important food security crop in many parts of the developing world. Despite its economic value and growing contribution to nutrition and health in tropical and sub-tropical countries, sweetpotato has a ...
Amoah, Robert Sarpong
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Adaptability and Stability Analyses of Root Yield and Micronutrient Concentrations in Sweetpotato (<i>Ipomoea batatas</i> [L.] Lam.) Genotypes. [PDF]
Plant Environ InteractABSTRACT High yielding and micronutrient dense sweetpotato cultivars could contribute to alleviating micronutrient deficiency, which is a prevalent problem in developing countries. Developing these improved cultivars involves selection across diverse environments, which requires an understanding of genotype × environment interaction (GEI).
Chizhande N +5 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 NutrImpact 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 +6 more
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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 +10 more
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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 +8 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionCrops are affected by various abiotic stresses, among which heat (HT) and drought (DR) stresses are the most common in summer. Many studies have been conducted on HT and DR, but relatively little is known about how drought and heat ...
Wei Tang +14 more
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Inhibition of miR397 by STTM technology to increase sweetpotato resistance to SPVD
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022 As a critical food crop, sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is widely planted all over the world, but it is deeply affected by Sweetpotato Virus Disease (SPVD). The present study utilized short tandem target mimic (STTM) technology to effectively up-
Chen LI +13 more
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Sweetpotato Research Front No.28 [PDF]
, 2020 Cover Story: ・Recent Activity in Our Crop and Agribusiness Research Division Research Paper: ・Purifi cation of Polyphenols from Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Leaves ・Transplantation Method of Half-Cut Tuber Seedlings in Sweetpotato Cultivar ...
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Sweetpotato Research Front No.13 [PDF]
, 2020 Cover Story: ・Introduction of the National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region (KONARC) Research Paper: ・Host Suitability of the Sweetpotato, Ipomea batatas to Major Root-Knot Nematodes, Meloidogyne Species ・Murasakimasari: New ...
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Incidence of sweetpotato viruses in Central Luzon, Philippines
Annals of Tropical Research, 2008 Sweetpotato commercial growing areas in Central Luzon particularly Tarlac and Bataan were surveyed for the incidence of sweetpotato viruses. Healthy-looking sweetpotato leaves and those showing symptoms of virus infection were collected and subjected to
Erlinda A. Vasquez +3 more
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