Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops in the developing world but it is susceptible to insect damage, which can cut its yield by up to 80%. New research may succeed in transferring a gene from cowpea which will help control the...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1991
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| description | Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops in the developing world but it is susceptible to insect damage, which can cut its yield by up to 80%. New research may succeed in transferring a gene from cowpea which will help control the... |
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| spelling | CGSpace455302021-02-23T16:24:51Z Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops in the developing world but it is susceptible to insect damage, which can cut its yield by up to 80%. New research may succeed in transferring a gene from cowpea which will help control the... 1991 2014-10-08T13:41:01Z 2014-10-08T13:41:01Z News Item https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45530 en Open Access Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA. 1991. Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato . Spore 33. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
| spellingShingle | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
| title | Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
| title_full | Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
| title_fullStr | Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
| title_short | Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
| title_sort | gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato |
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