Evaluation of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) germplasm from north-eastern Uganda through a farmer participatory approach

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 583, Issue , 2002, Pages 61-68

  Abidin, Putri E ^a   Van Eeuwijk, Fred A ^a   Stam, Piet ^a   Struik, Paul C ^a   Zhang, D P ^b   Hermann, Michael ^b   Carey, Edward E ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmer participatory variety selection; Farmers' perception; Farmers' varieties; Sweetpotato

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844498511     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.583.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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