Nutrient-dense orange-fleshed sweetpotato: advances in drought-tolerance breeding and understanding of management practices for sustainable next-generation …

JW Low, R Ortiz, E Vandamme, M Andrade… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Almost half of children< 5 years old living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffer from vitamin A
deficiency and 60% suffer from iron deficiency. Thus, there has been a strong commitment to …

Potato, sweet potato, and yam models for climate change: A review

R Raymundo, S Asseng, D Cammarano, R Quiroz - Field Crops Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Many crop models have been developed for potato, and a few for sweet potato, and yam.
More than 30 potato models, two sweet potato models, and three yam models are described …

[图书][B] Tropical root and tuber crops

V Lebot - 2019 - books.google.com
Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion
people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy …

Environmental impacts and constraints associated with the production of major food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

TW Reynolds, SR Waddington, CL Anderson, A Chew… - Food Security, 2015 - Springer
Many environmental factors constrain the production of major food crops in Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia. At the same time, these food production systems themselves have a …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant enzyme activity, proline accumulation, leaf area and cell membrane stability in water stressed Amaranthus leaves

MM Slabbert, GHJ Krüger - South African Journal of Botany, 2014 - Elsevier
Traditional crops are extremely important for food production in low income, food-deficit
countries (LIFDCs) where they continue to be maintained by socio-cultural preferences and …

Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa

J Low, J Lynam, B Lemaga, C Crissman, I Barker… - The sweetpotato, 2009 - Springer
Botanically sweetpotato is called Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam and belongs to the morning-
glory family (Convolvulaceae) and originated from Latin America. The exact date of arrival of …

Crops that feed the world 5. Sweetpotato. Sweetpotatoes for income and food security

SK Mukhopadhyay, A Chattopadhyay, I Chakraborty… - Food security, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) is a tuber crop of immense potential as it
produces more edible energy on marginal land than any other major food crop. As well as …

Sweet potato

V Lebot - Root and tuber crops, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.(Convolvulaceae, Dicotyledons) produces storage roots
rich in carbohydrates and β-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, and its leaves are rich in …

Drought, low nitrogen stress, and ultraviolet-B radiation effects on growth, development, and physiology of sweetpotato cultivars during early season

P Ramamoorthy, R Bheemanahalli, SL Meyers… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drought, ultraviolet-B (UV-B), and nitrogen stress are significant constraints for sweetpotato
productivity. Their impact on plant growth and development can be acute, resulting in low …

Storage root formation, dry matter synthesis, accumulation and genetics in sweetpotato

P Rukundo, H Shimelis, M Laing… - Australian Journal of …, 2013 - search.informit.org
Sweetpotato is a relatively drought tolerant crop providing the highest dry matter content for
human consumption. High dry matter content is the main characteristic preferred by …