Improving diagnostics and resistance to potato bacterial wilt disease. Project profile.
While demand for potatoes is expanding throughout sub-Saharan Africa, productivity is still limited by a lack of clean, disease-free planting materials. This project seeks to boost food security and incomes among smallholder potato farmers by tackling one of their chief constraints-bacterial wilt di...
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| Format: | Brochure |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Potato Center
2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102471 |
| Summary: | While demand for potatoes is expanding throughout sub-Saharan Africa, productivity is still limited by a lack of clean, disease-free planting materials. This project seeks to boost food security and incomes among smallholder potato farmers by tackling one of their chief constraints-bacterial wilt disease-through introducing better disease detection tools and enhanced genetic resistance. |
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