RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook African potato Thesaurus n (Plants) the corm of a southern African plant,Hypoxis hemerocallidea, believed to possess medicinal properties Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © ...
Explorers introduced potatoes the Maoris of New Zealand long before the Brits arrived in the country in the mid 1800s – it thrived and today red- and blue-skinned Māori potatoes are recognized local varieties. Although potatoes were grown in South America for millennia, the first potatoes in...
is a nutritious starchy tuber crop consumed as a staple food in most potato growing countries. Its productivity and production are limited by climate change; thus, it is of utmost importance to tap into the diversity of germplasm resources, therefore, diversifying the potato varieties available for...
A field experiment was conducted in the central highlands of Ethiopia to evaluate the performance of potato varieties for tuber yield and to identify a superior variety in tuber yield and yield components. The experiment was laid out in a randomized comp
Orange-fleshed sweet potato, high in provitamin A carotenoids, were introduced to Africa from the United States, but there was a shortage of varieties with desirable traits for South African conditions, namely, stable yield, good total carotenoid content, and good taste. Desirable characteristics wer...
Evaluation of drought tolerance in cultivated potato varieties and the F1-population This study is based on the whole-genome sequencing of segregating bulks of the F1-progeny derived from a cross Euroresa × Albatros (E × A). Significant differences in drought stress tolerance between the drought...
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(Boise, USA) with KWS’s extensive experience and skill in hybrid plant breeding (Einbeck, Germany). Aardevo will prioritize producing new potato varieties with superior and innovative qualities as soon as feasible. Aardevo will provide growers and consumers new and exciting options by boosting ...
Such increasing demand is putting strong pressure on national and international breeding institutions to produce high quality processing varieties well adapted to the wide array of agro-ecological conditions, in South East Asia in particular. The lack of adequate seed systems in this region is the ...
Most potatoes grown commercially are tetraploid cultivated varieties. Due to their complex tetraploid inheritance, highly heterozygous genome, self-incompatibility, and inbreeding depression, genetic breeding and variety improvement in potatoes have been challenging. However, advances in molecular biology, inclu...