Sweetpotato production worldwide: Assessment, trends and the future

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 670, Issue , 2005, Pages 19-25

  Kays, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassava; Consumption; Flavor; Nutritional attributes; Population; Potato; Processed products; Quality; Rice; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745069331     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.670.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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