Sweet potato improvement at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Hahn, S.K. | Alvarez, M.N. | Caveness, F.E. | Ng, S.Y. (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan (Nigeria))
The main aims of sweet potato improvement at IITA are: achieving high yield in terms of dry matter per unit of land and time; developing resistance to weevils (Curculionidae spp.), virus complexes and nematodes and ensuring good shelf life and good quality for consumer acceptance. The approaches used and progress made in sweet potato improvement at IITA since 1971 are summarised in this paper.
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书目信息
其它主题
Resistance aux maladies; Resistance aux organismes nuisibles; Metodos de mejoramiento; Methode d'amelioration; Nigeria/ nematode des plantes; Nigeria/ nematodos de las plantas; Variete a haut rendement
语言
英语
注释
17 ref. *XG
类型
Conference; Non-Conventional
来源
Proceedings of the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Tropical Root Crops, Kingston, Jamaica, 10-16 Apr 1983, Dolly, D.I. (ed.), [nd]. p. 93-97
粮农组织大会
Root Crops in the Caribbean. Proceedings of the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Tropical Root Crops, Kingston (Jamaica), 10-16 Apr 1983
1992-08-15
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