Release of two orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars, 'SPK004' ('Kakamega') and 'Ejumula', in Uganda

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1728-1730

  Mwanga, Robert O M ^a   Odongo, Benson ^a   Niringiye, Charles ^a   Alajo, Agnes ^a   Abidin, Putri E ^b,f   Kapinga, Regina ^c   Tumwegamire, Silver ^c   Lemaga, Berga ^d   Nsumba, James ^d   Carey, Edward E ^e,g  

^a National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)   (Uganda)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c International Potato Center CIP   (Uganda)

^d PRAPACE   (Uganda)

^e INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^f NONE   (Netherlands)

^g KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria stem blight; Cylas brunneus; Cylas puncticollis; Ipomoea batatas; SPVD; Sweetpotato virus disease; Sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; CYLAS BRUNNEUS; CYLAS PUNCTICOLLIS; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 36549060586     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.7.1728     Document Type: Article

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