7/25/2012
Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] farmer varieties are still the backbone of production and breeding programs in Sub-Sahara Africa. Usually, farmer varieties in Sub-Sahara Africa are white- or cream-fleshed sweetpotato (WFSP), but recently orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) were found in East Africa. The objective of the study was to characterize WFSP and OFSP germplasm from East Africa.
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Crop Science Society of America