Performance of sweetpotato foundation seed after incorporation into commercial operations in Louisiana

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 977-982

  Clark, Christopher A ^a   Smith, Tara P ^b   Ferrin, Donald M ^a   Villordon, Arthur Q ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Agricultural Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauregard; Cultivar yield decline; Ipomoea batatas; Sweet potato feathery mottle virus; Sweet potato virus 2; Sweet potato virus G; Virus indexing; Virus tested technology

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS; SWEET POTATO VIRUS G;

EID: 78650791704     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.20.6.977     Document Type: Article

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