Weevil resistant sweetpotato through biotechnology

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 974, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-98

  Ghislain, M ^a   Tovar, J ^a   Prentice, K ^a   Ormachea, M ^a   Rivera, C ^a   Manrique, S ^a   Kreuze, J ^a   Ssemakula, G ^b   Rukarwa, R ^c   Sefasi, A ^c   Mukasa, S ^c   Wamalwa, L ^d   MacHuka, J ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b National Crops Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bt crops; Cry proteins; Cylas sp.; Genetic engineering; Ipomoea batatas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878239314     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.974.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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