Meristem-tip culture is being used to eliminate viruses from plants. The fact that some viruses are easier to eliminate than others has been utilized in thermotherapy and chemotherapy, along with meristem-tip culture, to increase the efficacy of disease elimination. Tissue culture materials are c...
Ng, S.Y.C.
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Rossel, H.W.
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Thottappilly, G.
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[The role of tissue culture in the establishment of disease free germplasm for international distribution]
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The role of tissue culture in the establishment of disease free germplasm for international distribution
Tjintokohadi, K.
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Triono Syahputra, A.
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Kossay, L.
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Hendar
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Koswara, E.
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Jusuf, M.
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[Problem of reduction sweetpotato production in Indonesia.]
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Problem of reduction sweetpotato production in Indonesia.
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is one of the most important food crops in tropical and subtropical countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato is mainly produced for consumption and as a source of income by resource-poor farmers. However, their production is limited by severe damage caused by pe...
Manrique Trujillo, S.
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Wamalwa, N.L.
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Díaz, D.
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Reano, R.
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Tovar, J.C.
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Prentice, K.
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Ormachea, M.
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Kreuze, J.F.
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Machuka, J.
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Ghislain, M.
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[Enhancing resistance against African weevils through development of transgenic sweetpotato cultivars (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) expressing cry7Aa1, cry3Ca1 and ET33-34 genes.]
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Enhancing resistance against African weevils through development of transgenic sweetpotato cultivars (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) expressing cry7Aa1, cry3Ca1 and ET33-34 genes.
McEwan, M.
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Mayanja, S.
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[Upscaling the orange-fleshed sweetpotato in East and Central Africa.]
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Upscaling the orange-fleshed sweetpotato in East and Central Africa.
Mayanja, S.
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Akello, B.
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Horton, D.
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Kisauzi, D.
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Magala, D.
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[Value-chain development in Uganda: lessons learnt from the Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA).]
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Value-chain development in Uganda: lessons learnt from the Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA).
Sweetpotato is a major staple and co-staple root crop for millions of the rural people in Africa. Recently, it has been demonstrated to be of human health importance by combating vitamin A deficiency. This paper is a summary review of recent findings on the orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) farme...
Tumwegamire, Silver
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Rubaihayo, P.R.
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Bonte, D.R. la
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Gruneberg, W.J.
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Kapinga, R.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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[Dry and starchy orange-fleshed sweetpotato farmer varieties: Implications for fighting vitamin A defiency in East and Central Africa.]
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Dry and starchy orange-fleshed sweetpotato farmer varieties: Implications for fighting vitamin A defiency in East and Central Africa.
El virus colusivo del camote (SPCV, genero Cavemovirus), el virus del aclaramiento de venas del camote (SPVC, genero Solendovirus) y el virus del enrollamiento de hojas del camote (SPLCV, genero Begomovirus) son virus con genoma de ADN, presentes en el camote en infecciones virales simples o mult...
Berrocal, A.
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Rossel, G.
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Fuentes, S.
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Pérez, A.
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Cuéllar, Wilmer J.
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Kreuze, J.F.
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[Desarrollo y aplicacion de PCR multiple para la deteccion simultanea de tres virus de ADN en camote (Ipomoea batatas L.)]
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Desarrollo y aplicacion de PCR multiple para la deteccion simultanea de tres virus de ADN en camote (Ipomoea batatas L.)
Food security remains a huge challenge for the millions of Africans dependent on agriculture for their subsistence. A low-level agricultural productivity and a high percentage of poor and undernourished people are common in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Sweetpotato, Jpomoea ba...
Gutiérrez, D.
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Tachin, M.
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Schulz, S.
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Miano, D.
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Ndunguru, J.
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Mukassa, S.
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Ngadze, E.
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Chiona, M.
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Kowalski, B.
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Fei, Z.
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Kreuze, J.F.
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[Determining the pan-African sweetpotato virome: Understanding virus diversity, distribution and evolution and their impacts on sweetpotato production in Africa.]
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Determining the pan-African sweetpotato virome: Understanding virus diversity, distribution and evolution and their impacts on sweetpotato production in Africa.
Sweetpotato is an important food security crop in Rwanda grown mainly by women for household consumption and as a source of family income Sweetpotato production is faced with several constraints, among them the availability of clean planting of most varieties but more so of the new Vitamin A rich...
Ndirigwe, J.
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Sindi, K.
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Kankundiye, L.
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Shumbusha, D.
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Nshimiye, J.C.
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Hakizimana, S.
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Low, J.W.
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[Improving farmers' access to clean planting material through partnership in the value chain.]
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Improving farmers' access to clean planting material through partnership in the value chain.
Officially released varieties in Ghana are all selections from exotic introductions. Following release, no effort was made to maintain pathogen-tested foundation seed stocks. Pathogen-tested plants of 4 released varieties were introduced to Ghana and compared with released varieties to confirm a)...
Amankwaah, V.A.
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Akromah, R.
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Prempeh, R.
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Carey, E.E.
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[Phenotype and molecular characteriacion of released sweetpotato varieties and pathogen-tested putative ramets in Ghana.]
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Phenotype and molecular characteriacion of released sweetpotato varieties and pathogen-tested putative ramets in Ghana.