This flyer introduces a new four year investment to develop genomic and genetic resources for sweetpotato improvement that has been launched with the goal of establishing a molecular marker-assisted breeding program in sweetpotato. It provides information about the critical scientific constraints...
Yencho, G.C.
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Khan, A.
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[The Genomic Tools for Sweetpotato Improvement (GT4SP) Project]
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The Genomic Tools for Sweetpotato Improvement (GT4SP) Project
Porras, E.
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Burgos, G.
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Sosa, P.
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Felde, T. zum
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[Procedures for sampling and sample preparation of sweetpotato roots and potato tubers for mineral analysis.]
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Procedures for sampling and sample preparation of sweetpotato roots and potato tubers for mineral analysis.
This flyer outlines the work done to achieve the goal of enhanced rural incomes, food security and nutrition in four regions of Ethiopia through resilient and profitable potato and sweetpotato value chains. It describes the successes of the first phase of the project (2010-2014) which led to the ...
Miethbauer, T.
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Aragaw, A.
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Woldegiorgis, G.
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[Better potato for a better life: Reducing food insecurity and dependence on cereals in Amhara Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia]
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Better potato for a better life: Reducing food insecurity and dependence on cereals in Amhara Oromia, Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia
This flyer provides highlights of the activities and strategies employed by the VISTA project in Tanzania, since it began in October 2014 until July 2015. The overall goal of this 3 year project, is to contribute to improved dietary diversity, food security and incomes in Tanzania, especially am...
This flyer describes progress made between June 2014 and July 2015 to develop an easily accessible distribution map of all relevant viruses and virus strains infecting sweetpotato throughout SSA as well as appropriate diagnostic methods and protocols to detect them. It provides details about a ge...
This document highlights the efforts that are being led by the International Potato Center (CIP) to develop cost-effective methods that utilize UAV as a platform to collect accurate and timely data for agricultural statistics. Beyond the platforms, low-cost and high quality sensors for specific a...
Quiróz, R.
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[Remote sensing as a monitoring tool for cropping area determination in smallholder agriculture in Tanzania and Uganda]
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Remote sensing as a monitoring tool for cropping area determination in smallholder agriculture in Tanzania and Uganda
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.