Chemical and geographical assessment of the sweetness of the cultivated sweetpotato clones of the world

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-597

  Kays, Stanley J ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   McLaurin, Wayne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Flavor; Genepool; Ipomoea batatas; Quality; Sucrose equivalents; Sugars; Taste

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 21544461254     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.130.4.591     Document Type: Article

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