Stability of sweet potato cultivars to Alternaria leaf and stem blight disease

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-180

  Osiru, Moses Omongin ^a,b   Olanya, Modesto Ocen ^c   Adipala, Ekwamu ^a   Lemaga, Berga ^d   Kapinga, Regina ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d Regional Network for the Improvement of Potato and Sweetpotato (PRAPACE)   (Uganda)

^e International Potato Center CIP   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Alternaria spp.; AMMI model; Cultivars; Ipomoea batatus L.; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTATO; SPATIAL VARIATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ALTERNARIA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 59149090552     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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