Getting Sweetpotato Varieties to Farmers Faster: The Accelerated Breeding Scheme (ABS)

Solid evidence generated since 2005 in Peru and Mozambique has shown that the ABS efficiently reduces the time (8 to 4-5 years) from crossing to varietal release within a given sweetpotato population.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: International Potato Center
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145048
Description
Summary:Solid evidence generated since 2005 in Peru and Mozambique has shown that the ABS efficiently reduces the time (8 to 4-5 years) from crossing to varietal release within a given sweetpotato population.