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Effects of genotype and environment on sweetpotato yield and quality in developing countries

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Coordinating organisation: International Potato Center
Description: Goal:
Contribution to poverty alleviation through sweetpotato varietal improvement
Major Results Achieved:
Final Report:
Germplasm and its response to environmental factors were assessed. Breeding lines and released varieties had on average a considerable yield advantage, but were in general inferior to traditional farmer cultivars and local checks in terms of eating quality and dry matter content.
Budget (in &euro): 332340
Start: 1999-02-01
End: 2002-11-30
Categories
ARD-theme: environment
Target country: China
Germany
Indonesia
Kenya
Peru
Activity: research
management
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Donor organisations: 1
Participating organisations: 2
Programmes funding: 1


Last editing: 2006-05-20 22:59:24