Sweet potato as a key crop for food security under the conditions of global climate change: A Review

Z Sapakhova, N Raissova, D Daurov, K Zhapar… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sweet potato is one of the most economically important crops for addressing global food
security and climate change issues, especially under conditions of extensive agriculture …

Potato and sweetpotato breeding at the international potato center: approaches, outcomes and the way forward

H Lindqvist-Kreuze, M Bonierbale… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Root and tuber crop breeding is at the front and center of CIP's science program, which
seeks to develop and disseminate sustainable agri-food technologies, information and …

Natural allelic variation confers high resistance to sweet potato weevils in sweet potato

X Liu, Y Wang, H Zhu, G Mei, Y Liao, S Rao, S Li… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is a major root crop worldwide. Sweet potato weevils
(SPWs) pose one of the most significant challenges to sweet potato production in tropical …

Identification and functional characterization of a flavonol synthase gene from sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]

M Kou, C Li, W Song, Y Shen, W Tang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Flavonol synthase (FLS) is a key enzyme of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, which
catalyzes the conversion of dihydroflavonols into flavonols. In this study, the FLS gene …

Expression of the Sweet Potato MYB Transcription Factor IbMYB48 Confers Salt and Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis

H Zhao, H Zhao, Y Hu, S Zhang, S He, H Zhang… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is one of the most crucial food crops widely
cultivated worldwide. In plants, MYB transcription factors play crucial roles in plant growth …

Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato

M Yan, M Li, Y Wang, X Wang, MH Moeinzadeh… - Molecular Plant, 2024 - cell.com
The hexaploid sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is one of the most important root crops
worldwide. However, its genetic origin remains controversial, and its domestication history …

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of two-component system genes in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

R Huo, Y Zhao, T Liu, M Xu, X Wang, P Xu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Two-component system (TCS), which comprises histidine kinases (HKs), histidine
phosphotransfer proteins (HPs), and response regulators (RRs), plays essential roles in …

Resequencing of sweetpotato germplasm resources reveals key loci associated with multiple agronomic traits

S Xiao, X Dai, L Zhao, Z Zhou, L Zhao, P Xu… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sweetpotato is an important crop that exhibits hexaploidy and high heterozygosity, which
limits gene mining for important agronomic traits. Here, 314 sweetpotato germplasm …

A comprehensive overview of omics-based approaches to enhance biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in sweet potato

S Ahmed, MSS Khan, S Xue, F Islam… - Horticulture …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Biotic and abiotic stresses negatively affect the yield and overall plant developmental
process, thus causing substantial losses in global sweet potato production. To cope with …

Research progress in the mechanisms of resistance to biotic stress in sweet potato

Y Yang, Y Chen, Y Bo, Q Liu, H Zhai - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is one of the most important food, feed, industrial
raw materials, and new energy crops, and is widely cultivated around the world. China is the …