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Evaluation of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) germplasm from north-eastern Uganda through a Farmer Participatory Approach [PDF]
, 2002 Ugandan farmers grow many landrace sweetpotato varieties, but some of these are relatively low yielding and susceptible to pests. The objective of the present research was to involve farmers in a large-scale assessment of Ugandan farmers’ varieties to ...
Abidin, P.E. +6 more
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Using machine learning for image-based analysis of sweetpotato root sensory attributes
Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023 The sweetpotato breeding process involves assessing different phenotypic traits, such as the sensory attributes, to decide which varieties to progress to the next stage during the breeding cycle.
J. Nakatumba‐Nabende +13 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2023 Polygalacturonase (PG), a crucial enzyme involved in pectin degradation, is associated with various plants’ developmental and physiological processes such as seed germination, fruit ripening, fruit softening and plant organ abscission.
Pei-xin He +6 more
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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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Isolation of a transcriptionally active element of high copy number retrotransposons in sweetpotato genome [PDF]
, 2004 Many plant retrotransposons have been characterized, but only three families (Tnt1, Tto1 and Tos17) have been demonstrated to be transpositionally competent.
Aoki, Takahiro +6 more
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Nickel toxicity alters growth patterns and induces oxidative stress response in sweetpotato
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Nickel (Ni) contaminated soil is a persistent risk to plant growth and production worldwide. Therefore, to explore the Ni toxicity levels in sweetpotato production areas, we investigated the influence of different Ni treatments (0, 7.5, 15, 30, and 60 mg
Sunjeet Kumar +7 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 The present study was undertaken to determine the scope of sweetpotato cultivation in arid regions of China. For this purpose, we investigated yield, anthocyanin compositions and physicochemical properties of starch in purple-fleshed sweetpotato (PFSP ...
Hui Yan +16 more
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Evaluation of Sweetpotato Cultivars for Resistance to Sweetpotato Weevil, 1997 [PDF]
Arthropod Management Tests, 1998 Abstract A test was conducted ir Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, to determine the resistance of 5 cultivars and 3 breeding lines of sweetpotato to sweetpotato weevil. Single row plots consisting of 10 plants (10 ft. row length) were arranged in a CRB design with 6 replications. Slips were transplanted on July 2.
Lixin Mao +3 more
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Social-cognitive factors influencing household decisions to grow orange-fleshed sweet potato in Uganda [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access Article; Published online: 16 Jan 2020This study examined the role of social-cognitive factors in farmers’ decisions to cultivate orange-fleshed sweetpotato as a food-based approach to alleviating vitamin A deficiency among rural households ...
Matsiko, F., Ndaula, S., Sseguya, H.
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Seventy years of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. (LAM)) research in South Africa
Crop science, 2023 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations puts forward a transformational vision to cope with food security, nutrition and health challenges, in which sweetpotato can play an important role.
S. Laurie +17 more
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