Sweet potato development
Sweet potato breeders at the Asian Vegetable Research And Development Center (AVRDC) have developed several true seed populations of sweet potato. This has been achieved through polycrosses of clones from many geographical zones. The polycross populations are basically broad genetic pools from which outstanding clones possessing desirable characteristics have been selected. These characteristics, such as high dry matter content, resistance to diseases like the sweet potato scab, good levels of betacarotene and adaptability to local growing conditions, have been the goals of AVRDC research. Now, however, AVRDC has decided to phase out its sweet potato programme and pass on the work to the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru. CIP already has many senior scientists working on sweet potato, which is their second principal crop. AVRDC's germplasm collection is being duplicated and sent in vitro to CIP. AVRDC, PO Box 205, Taipai 10099, TAIWAN
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45729 http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta38e/ |
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