Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique

Optimisation of sweetpotato production potential is not realized in sub-Saharan Africa where dry spells are common after the growing season. Lack of seed cultivars at the beginning of the rainy season is the challenge and identifying those cultivars with the ability to survive a 4 to 7-month dry spe...

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Autores principales: Andrade, M.I., Makunde, G.S., Ricardo, J., Menomussanga, J., Alvaro, A., Grüneberg, W.J.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92014
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author Andrade, M.I.
Makunde, G.S.
Ricardo, J.
Menomussanga, J.
Alvaro, A.
Grüneberg, W.J.
author_browse Alvaro, A.
Andrade, M.I.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Makunde, G.S.
Menomussanga, J.
Ricardo, J.
author_facet Andrade, M.I.
Makunde, G.S.
Ricardo, J.
Menomussanga, J.
Alvaro, A.
Grüneberg, W.J.
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description Optimisation of sweetpotato production potential is not realized in sub-Saharan Africa where dry spells are common after the growing season. Lack of seed cultivars at the beginning of the rainy season is the challenge and identifying those cultivars with the ability to survive a 4 to 7-month dry spell is an important objective in these regions. To this end, the purpose of the present study was to estimate survival of vines of different cultivars under drought stress. Three harvesting times set as 5, 9 and 11 months after planting were established at Umbeluzi, Nwallate and Gurue in 2015. For each harvesting time, 37 clones were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with two replications. Data collected on yield, vine length and number of sprouts were analysed using SAS 1996. Resisto had long stems but no vines after 9 months at any of the sites. The ability of some clones to reach 9 months and 11 months with few vines at Umbeluzi and Nwallate offer sources of planting material for the subsequent season. Sprouting had broad sense heritability above 50%. Sprouting is known to be an important aspect of cultivar survival. While we show that vine length and thickness could be traits responsible for sweet potato drought tolerance.
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spelling CGSpace920142024-11-14T08:05:14Z Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique Andrade, M.I. Makunde, G.S. Ricardo, J. Menomussanga, J. Alvaro, A. Grüneberg, W.J. sweet potatoes plant morphology sprouting biomass Optimisation of sweetpotato production potential is not realized in sub-Saharan Africa where dry spells are common after the growing season. Lack of seed cultivars at the beginning of the rainy season is the challenge and identifying those cultivars with the ability to survive a 4 to 7-month dry spell is an important objective in these regions. To this end, the purpose of the present study was to estimate survival of vines of different cultivars under drought stress. Three harvesting times set as 5, 9 and 11 months after planting were established at Umbeluzi, Nwallate and Gurue in 2015. For each harvesting time, 37 clones were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with two replications. Data collected on yield, vine length and number of sprouts were analysed using SAS 1996. Resisto had long stems but no vines after 9 months at any of the sites. The ability of some clones to reach 9 months and 11 months with few vines at Umbeluzi and Nwallate offer sources of planting material for the subsequent season. Sprouting had broad sense heritability above 50%. Sprouting is known to be an important aspect of cultivar survival. While we show that vine length and thickness could be traits responsible for sweet potato drought tolerance. 2017-01-01 2018-04-03T19:12:37Z 2018-04-03T19:12:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92014 en Open Access Walter de Gruyter GmbH Andrade, M.I.; Makunde, G.S.; Ricardo, J.; Menomussanga, J.; Alvaro, A.; Gruneberg, W.J. 2017. Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique. Open Agriculture. (Poland). ISSN 2391-9531. 2(1):58-63.
spellingShingle sweet potatoes
plant morphology
sprouting
biomass
Andrade, M.I.
Makunde, G.S.
Ricardo, J.
Menomussanga, J.
Alvaro, A.
Grüneberg, W.J.
Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
title Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
title_full Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
title_fullStr Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
title_short Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
title_sort survival of sweetpotato ipomoea batatas l lam vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in mozambique
topic sweet potatoes
plant morphology
sprouting
biomass
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92014
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