Unsweetpotato – Breeding staple-type sweetpotato for West Africa and beyond

An applied, collaborative sweetpotato breeding program and support platform for West Africa was established in Ghana at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute in 2010. Consumer demand for staple-type (low sugar) or Unsweetpotato was confirmed and laboratory methods to assist with election developed and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: International Potato Center
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145044
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Summary:An applied, collaborative sweetpotato breeding program and support platform for West Africa was established in Ghana at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute in 2010. Consumer demand for staple-type (low sugar) or Unsweetpotato was confirmed and laboratory methods to assist with election developed and used in a new Quality Laboratory. Seed populations were made available for distribution to regional partners.