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NC State Researchers Continue Improving Sweetpotatoes for Africa

Bernice Wairimu May 5, 2020 News 0

Sweetpotatoes are a critical crop for North Carolina, and many places around the world. People in the U.S. may be familiar with the Covington sweetpotato, which Craig Yencho, a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Horticulture, developed with Kenneth Pecota, a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Horticulture. Craig Yencho …

In vitro iron bioaccessibility and uptake from orange-fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) clones grown in Peru

Author: Christelle M. Andre, Gabriela Burgos et al. April 13, 2018

Research to evaluate the potential of sweet potato to alleviate iron deficiency in affected human populations in developing countries is scarce. To partly fill this gap, we evaluated the bioaccessibility of iron in six sweet potato clones grown in two Peruvian environments, Satipo and San Ramon, following an in vitro …

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An Orphan Crop, The Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato, in West Africa: Can We Reposition it?

Author: Erna Abidin, Adekambi S et al. December 01, 2017

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was not an important crop in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, West Africa, in the past decades. An effort has been made to reposition the sweet potato crop in West Africa. Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) cultivar was used as an entry point while properly designing …

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The Inheritance of Yield Components and Beta Carotene Content in Sweet Potato

Author: Heritier Kambale Mbusa, Kahiu Ngugi et al. Contributors: Administrator January 15, 2018

Analysis of the gene action exhibited by an agronomic trait in crop plants is useful in the planning of an effective plant breeding program. This study sought to establish the inheritance variance of root yield components and beta carotene content present in sweet potato clones commonly grown in Kenya. Ten …

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The Synonym for OFSP in Northern Uganda is Kwiki-riza-lts

The Lakimas - How beautiful it is for a family to work together on OFSP (credit N. Kwikiriza)

Norman Kwikiriza July 31, 2017 News 3

When I was young, I did not imagine that my name was so “botanical” until when I went to Makerere University and met people of other races. Uganda has 42 indigenous languages! The name Kwikiriza [Kwi,chi rē za] which is common among the Bakiga tribe in South Westeren Uganda, has …

Structure of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) diversity in West Africa covaries with a climatic gradient

Author: KODJO GLATO, Atsou Aidam et al. May 26, 2017

Sub-Saharan agriculture has been identified as vulnerable to ongoing climate change. Adaptation of agriculture has been suggested as a way to maintain productivity. Better knowledge of intra-specific diversity of varieties is prerequisites for the successful management of such adaptation. Among crops, root and tubers play important roles in food security …

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Plant growth and yield stability of orange fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) genotypes in three agro-ecological zones of Malawi

Author: Denis Kathabwalika, E.H.C. Chilembwe et al. Contributors: Administrator, Denis Kathabwalika 2013

An on-farm study was conducted to evaluate plant growth, tuber yield and stability of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) genotypes in three agro-ecological zones of Malawi. The study sites were Maseya in Chikhwawa District representing low altitude areas with hot climate; Bunda in Lilongwe District representing medium altitude with warm …

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Social and Economic Impact of SASHA Project to the Population Livelihoods in Muhanga District: Case study of SHyogwe sector (2011-2014)

Author: Chistine Nyirahabimana Contributors: Administrator, Denis Kathabwalika, Chistine Nyirahabimana April 27, 2016

Sweet potato has been grown and constituted one of the staple foodstuffs in Rwanda for decades. It is used as foodstuff and fodder for animal. Its tuberous root and leaves are most important for food while vine cuttings are used for cultivation. In Rwanda several varieties are grown, the traditionally …

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Diversity analysis of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) germplasm from Burkina Faso using morphological and simple sequence repeats markers

Author: Vernon Gracen, Isaac Asante et al. Contributors: Administrator, Denis Kathabwalika, Chistine Nyirahabimana, Koussao Some, Koussao Some 2014

Collecting and characterizing plant material is a basic component of crop improvement, and diversity has long been seen as vital for rational management and use of crops. Thirty (30) morphological characters and thirty (30) simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to assess the diversity among 112 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas …

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