Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato

Sweetpotato is a resilient food crop with great potential to contribute to reduced hunger in the world. Sweetpotato shows significant potential to contribute to reducing the Global Hunger Index, which reflects deficiencies in calories and micronutrients based on the components of hunger, undernouris...

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Autores principales: Mwanga, Robert O.M., Swanckaert, J., Silva Pereira, G. da, Andrade, M.I., Makunde, G.S., Grüneberg, W.J., Kreuze, Jan F., David, M., Boeck, B. de, Carey, E.E., Ssali, R.T., Utoblo, Obaiya, Gemenet, D., Anyanga, M.O., Yada, B., Chelangat, D.M., Oloka, B., Mtunda, K., Chiona, M., Koussao, S., Laurie, S., Campos, Hugo, Yencho, George Craig, Low, Jan W.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frontiers Media 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114711
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author Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Swanckaert, J.
Silva Pereira, G. da
Andrade, M.I.
Makunde, G.S.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Kreuze, Jan F.
David, M.
Boeck, B. de
Carey, E.E.
Ssali, R.T.
Utoblo, Obaiya
Gemenet, D.
Anyanga, M.O.
Yada, B.
Chelangat, D.M.
Oloka, B.
Mtunda, K.
Chiona, M.
Koussao, S.
Laurie, S.
Campos, Hugo
Yencho, George Craig
Low, Jan W.
author_browse Andrade, M.I.
Anyanga, M.O.
Boeck, B. de
Campos, Hugo
Carey, E.E.
Chelangat, D.M.
Chiona, M.
David, M.
Gemenet, D.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Koussao, S.
Kreuze, Jan F.
Laurie, S.
Low, Jan W.
Makunde, G.S.
Mtunda, K.
Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Oloka, B.
Silva Pereira, G. da
Ssali, R.T.
Swanckaert, J.
Utoblo, Obaiya
Yada, B.
Yencho, George Craig
author_facet Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Swanckaert, J.
Silva Pereira, G. da
Andrade, M.I.
Makunde, G.S.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Kreuze, Jan F.
David, M.
Boeck, B. de
Carey, E.E.
Ssali, R.T.
Utoblo, Obaiya
Gemenet, D.
Anyanga, M.O.
Yada, B.
Chelangat, D.M.
Oloka, B.
Mtunda, K.
Chiona, M.
Koussao, S.
Laurie, S.
Campos, Hugo
Yencho, George Craig
Low, Jan W.
author_sort Mwanga, Robert O.M.
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description Sweetpotato is a resilient food crop with great potential to contribute to reduced hunger in the world. Sweetpotato shows significant potential to contribute to reducing the Global Hunger Index, which reflects deficiencies in calories and micronutrients based on the components of hunger, undernourishment, under-five mortality rate, stunting and wasting. Its genetic diversity has been harnessed through breeding to increase vitamin A, iron, and zinc content, virus resistance and climate resilience for the world's food needs. Africa and India are the most food-insecure regions. The main objectives of this research were to: provide information and a knowledge base on sweetpotato breeding in Africa for biofortification of vitamin A, iron, and zinc, drought tolerance and virus resistance; recommend procedures for generating new breeding populations and varieties; and develop new tools, technologies and methods for sweetpotato improvement. The research was implemented between 2009 and 2020 in 14 collaborating African countries using introduced and local genotypes. The redesigned accelerated breeding scheme resulted in increased genetic gains for vitamin A, iron, zinc contents and virus resistance, and the release by sub-Saharan African countries of 158 varieties; 98 of them orange-fleshed; 55 varieties bred by an accelerated breeding scheme; 27 drought-tolerant and two with enhanced iron and zinc content. Our experience has demonstrated that through the use of more optimized, standardized and collaborative breeding procedures by breeding programs across Africa, it is possible to speed official sweetpotato variety release and contribute to reducing the severe micronutrient deficiencies on the continent.
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spelling CGSpace1147112024-03-06T10:16:43Z Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato Mwanga, Robert O.M. Swanckaert, J. Silva Pereira, G. da Andrade, M.I. Makunde, G.S. Grüneberg, W.J. Kreuze, Jan F. David, M. Boeck, B. de Carey, E.E. Ssali, R.T. Utoblo, Obaiya Gemenet, D. Anyanga, M.O. Yada, B. Chelangat, D.M. Oloka, B. Mtunda, K. Chiona, M. Koussao, S. Laurie, S. Campos, Hugo Yencho, George Craig Low, Jan W. sweet potatoes breeding biofortification viroses drought tolerance quality Sweetpotato is a resilient food crop with great potential to contribute to reduced hunger in the world. Sweetpotato shows significant potential to contribute to reducing the Global Hunger Index, which reflects deficiencies in calories and micronutrients based on the components of hunger, undernourishment, under-five mortality rate, stunting and wasting. Its genetic diversity has been harnessed through breeding to increase vitamin A, iron, and zinc content, virus resistance and climate resilience for the world's food needs. Africa and India are the most food-insecure regions. The main objectives of this research were to: provide information and a knowledge base on sweetpotato breeding in Africa for biofortification of vitamin A, iron, and zinc, drought tolerance and virus resistance; recommend procedures for generating new breeding populations and varieties; and develop new tools, technologies and methods for sweetpotato improvement. The research was implemented between 2009 and 2020 in 14 collaborating African countries using introduced and local genotypes. The redesigned accelerated breeding scheme resulted in increased genetic gains for vitamin A, iron, zinc contents and virus resistance, and the release by sub-Saharan African countries of 158 varieties; 98 of them orange-fleshed; 55 varieties bred by an accelerated breeding scheme; 27 drought-tolerant and two with enhanced iron and zinc content. Our experience has demonstrated that through the use of more optimized, standardized and collaborative breeding procedures by breeding programs across Africa, it is possible to speed official sweetpotato variety release and contribute to reducing the severe micronutrient deficiencies on the continent. 2021-03-15 2021-08-21T00:16:27Z 2021-08-21T00:16:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114711 en Open Access Frontiers Media Mwanga, R. O. M., Swanckaert, J., da Silva Pereira, G., Andrade, M. I., Makunde, G., Grüneberg, W. J., Kreuze, J., David, M., de Boeck, B., Carey, E., Ssali, R. T., Utoblo, O., Gemenet, D., Anyanga, M. O., Yada, B., Chelangat, D. M., Oloka, B., Mtunda, K., Chiona, M., Koussao, S., Laurie, S., Campos, H., Yencho, G. C., Low, J. W. (2021). Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. ISSN 2571-581X. 5. 23 p.
spellingShingle sweet potatoes
breeding
biofortification
viroses
drought tolerance
quality
Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Swanckaert, J.
Silva Pereira, G. da
Andrade, M.I.
Makunde, G.S.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Kreuze, Jan F.
David, M.
Boeck, B. de
Carey, E.E.
Ssali, R.T.
Utoblo, Obaiya
Gemenet, D.
Anyanga, M.O.
Yada, B.
Chelangat, D.M.
Oloka, B.
Mtunda, K.
Chiona, M.
Koussao, S.
Laurie, S.
Campos, Hugo
Yencho, George Craig
Low, Jan W.
Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
title Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
title_full Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
title_fullStr Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
title_full_unstemmed Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
title_short Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
title_sort breeding progress for vitamin a iron and zinc biofortification drought tolerance and sweetpotato virus disease resistance in sweetpotato
topic sweet potatoes
breeding
biofortification
viroses
drought tolerance
quality
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114711
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