Breeding sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) for drought tolerance in Kenya.

Breeding sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) for drought tolerance in Kenya.

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important food crop in East Africa including Kenya. The crop incurs high yield losses in production due to biotic (insect pests and diseases) and abiotic (drought, and heat) constraints. Among abiotic constraints, drought is the most important. Prolonged...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kivuva, Benjamin Musembi.
Other Authors: Mwangi, Stephen Githiri.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Sweet potatoes > Breeding > Kenya.
Sweet potatoes > Drought tolerance > Kenya.
Sweet potatoes > Effect of drought on > Kenya.
Sweet potatoes > Yields > Kenya.
Sweet potatoes > Varieties > Kenya.
Theses > Plant breeding.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10941

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http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10941

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