Participatory consumer evaluation of twelve sweetpotato varieties in Kenya

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1600-1609

  Kwach, J K ^a   Odhiambo, G O ^b   Dida, M M ^b   Gichuki, S T ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Consumer; Ipomoea batatas; Participatory; Preference; Sweetpotato; Varieties kenya

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AROMA; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD TEXTURE; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT YIELD COMPONENT; SWEET POTATO; VARIETAS;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 77950677947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.913     Document Type: Article

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