Recent progress in sweetpotato breeding and cultivars for diverse applications in Japan

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an outcrossing hexaploid that is cultivated in the tropics and warm-temperate regions of the world. Sweetpotato has played an important role as a famine-relief crop during its long history and has recently been reevaluated as a health-promoting food. In Jap...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Breeding science. - 1998. - 67(2017), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 3-14
1. Verfasser:	Katayama, Kenji (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Kobayashi, Akira, Sakai, Tetsufumi, Kuranouchi, Toshikazu, Kai, Yumi
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Breeding science
Schlagworte:	Journal Article Review breeding cultivar hexaploid production sweetpotato utilization