Cultivar variation in keeping quality of sweetpotatoes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-325

  Rees, D ^a   Van Oirschot, Q E A ^a   Amour, R ^b   Rwiza, E ^b   Kapinga, R ^b,d   Carey, T ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute Maruku   (Tanzania)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^d Regional Office   (Uganda)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry matter content; Ipomoea batatas; Modelling; Post harvest; Rotting; Shelf life; Storage; Sugar content; Sweetpotato; Water loss; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037730183     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00180-1     Document Type: Article

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