Potato (Solanum tuberosum) for sustaining food and nutrition security in developing world

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Pandey, S K ^a,b   Singh, S V ^a,b   Sarkar, D ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL POTATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Division of Crop Improvement   (India)

Author keywords

Late blight; Potato; Processing; Seed potato; Solanum tuberosum; Tuber crop

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 22744442258     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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