Seed Potato Quality Improvement through Positive Selection by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

Potato Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-266

  Gildemacher, Peter R ^a,b   Schulte Geldermann, Elmar ^a   Borus, Dinah ^a   Demo, Paul ^a   Kinyae, Peter ^c   Mundia, Pauline ^d   Struik, Paul C ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action research; Bacterial wilt; Degeneration; Farm saved seed tubers; Kenya; Positive selection; Seed potatoes; Seed quality; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84860409737     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: 18714528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11540-011-9190-5     Document Type: Article

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