Grower-participatory sweetpotato breeding efforts in North Carolina

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 583, Issue , 2002, Pages 69-76

  Craig Yencho, G ^a   Pecota, Kenneth V ^a   Schultheis, Jonathan R ^a   Sosinski, Bryon R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Farmer participatory breeding; Grower participatory breeding; Ipomoea batatas; Sweetpotato

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549166254     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.583.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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