NASPOT 7', ;NASPOT 8', ;NASPOT 9 O', ;NASPOT 10 O', and ;Dimbuka-Bukulula' Sweetpotato

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 828-832

  Mwanga, Robert O M ^a   Odongo, Benson ^a   Niringiye, Charles ^a   Alajo, Agnes ^a   Kigozi, Benjamin ^a   Makumbi, Rose ^a   Lugwana, Esther ^a   Namukula, Joweria ^a   Mpembe, Isaac ^a   Kapinga, Regina ^b   Lemaga, Berga ^b   Nsumba, James ^b   Tumwegamire, Silver ^b   Yencho, Craig G ^c  

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

^b International Potato Center CIP   (Uganda)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria bataticola blight; Ipomoea batatas; Provitamin A; Sweetpotato virus disease

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BATATICOLA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 67650803006     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.3.828     Document Type: Article

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