Characterization and evaluation of South African sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) LAM) land races

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Laurie, S M ^a   Calitz, F J ^a   Adebola, P O ^a   Lezar, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drought screening; Morphological traits; Multivariate cluster analysis; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; GERMPLASM; MORPHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROOT VEGETABLE; TOLERANCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 84871394974     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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