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Astere Bararyenya1, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa1, Paul Gibson1

  • 1Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Central Uganda, Box 7062, Uganda.

Gates Open Research
|July 22, 2020
PubMed
Summary

This study identified sweetpotato genotypes with continuous storage root formation and bulking (CSRFAB) for piecemeal harvesting. These CSRFAB varieties can significantly increase sweetpotato yields for small-scale farmers.

Keywords:
Sweetpotatocontinuous storage root formation and bulkinggrowth patternphenotypic variationyield

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