Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors

Due to its low-input requirements, high yield capacity in marginal soils, and high carbohydrate and vitamin A content, sweetpotato is an important food security crop. For effective breeding strategies, knowing and understanding the traits that drive diversity among varieties is required. In this stu...

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Main Authors: Ramírez, D., Gavilan, C., Barreda, C., Condori, B., Rossel, G., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Andrade, M.I., Monneveux, P., Anglin, Noelle L., Quiróz, R., Ellis, David
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83374
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author Ramírez, D.
Gavilan, C.
Barreda, C.
Condori, B.
Rossel, G.
Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Andrade, M.I.
Monneveux, P.
Anglin, Noelle L.
Quiróz, R.
Ellis, David
author_browse Andrade, M.I.
Anglin, Noelle L.
Barreda, C.
Condori, B.
Ellis, David
Gavilan, C.
Monneveux, P.
Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Quiróz, R.
Ramírez, D.
Rossel, G.
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Gavilan, C.
Barreda, C.
Condori, B.
Rossel, G.
Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Andrade, M.I.
Monneveux, P.
Anglin, Noelle L.
Quiróz, R.
Ellis, David
author_sort Ramírez, D.
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description Due to its low-input requirements, high yield capacity in marginal soils, and high carbohydrate and vitamin A content, sweetpotato is an important food security crop. For effective breeding strategies, knowing and understanding the traits that drive diversity among varieties is required. In this study, a set representing the diversity of sweetpotato varieties was characterized through multivariate ordination based on growth parameters and physiological leaf traits. The dynamic of light interception, light use efficiency (LUE) parameters, and partition of assimilates to the storage roots of eight representative varieties were simulated through a crop growth model. Leaf mass per area (LMA), N and P content in leaves, light response curve parameters and carbon discrimination were assessed in potted plants at early-growing period (58 days after planting). Precocity proxies (inversely related to LMA and thermal time at maximum storage root growth) and conversion efficiency of intercepted radiation indicators (quantum yield and LUE) were important factors in the varieties ordination based on leaf traits and growth parameter scales, respectively. Leaf traits assessment at early stages could be used as a starting point for the screening of potential lines, which once identified can be further characterized using crop growth models.
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spelling CGSpace833742025-03-11T12:14:31Z Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors Ramírez, D. Gavilan, C. Barreda, C. Condori, B. Rossel, G. Mwanga, Robert O.M. Andrade, M.I. Monneveux, P. Anglin, Noelle L. Quiróz, R. Ellis, David sweet potatoes growth maturity leaf tissue analysis light Due to its low-input requirements, high yield capacity in marginal soils, and high carbohydrate and vitamin A content, sweetpotato is an important food security crop. For effective breeding strategies, knowing and understanding the traits that drive diversity among varieties is required. In this study, a set representing the diversity of sweetpotato varieties was characterized through multivariate ordination based on growth parameters and physiological leaf traits. The dynamic of light interception, light use efficiency (LUE) parameters, and partition of assimilates to the storage roots of eight representative varieties were simulated through a crop growth model. Leaf mass per area (LMA), N and P content in leaves, light response curve parameters and carbon discrimination were assessed in potted plants at early-growing period (58 days after planting). Precocity proxies (inversely related to LMA and thermal time at maximum storage root growth) and conversion efficiency of intercepted radiation indicators (quantum yield and LUE) were important factors in the varieties ordination based on leaf traits and growth parameter scales, respectively. Leaf traits assessment at early stages could be used as a starting point for the screening of potential lines, which once identified can be further characterized using crop growth models. 2017-09-06 2017-09-08T14:06:09Z 2017-09-08T14:06:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83374 en Open Access Elsevier Ramirez, D.A.; Gavilan, C.; Barreda, C.; Condori, B.; Rossel, G.; Mwanga, R.O.M.; Andrade, M.; Monneveux, P.; Anglin, N.L.; Quiroz, R. 2017. Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors. South African Journal of Botany. (South Africa). ISSN 0254-6299. 113:192-199.
spellingShingle sweet potatoes
growth
maturity
leaf tissue analysis
light
Ramírez, D.
Gavilan, C.
Barreda, C.
Condori, B.
Rossel, G.
Mwanga, Robert O.M.
Andrade, M.I.
Monneveux, P.
Anglin, Noelle L.
Quiróz, R.
Ellis, David
Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
title Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
title_full Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
title_fullStr Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
title_short Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
title_sort characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors
topic sweet potatoes
growth
maturity
leaf tissue analysis
light
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83374
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