Trends and gaps in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) improvement in sub‐Saharan Africa: Drought tolerance breeding strategies
Food and Energy Security,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(3)
Опубликована: Май 1, 2024
Abstract
The
main
challenge
facing
agricultural
crop
production
in
the
current
global
climate
change
scenario
is
sustainability.
Drought,
as
a
yield‐limiting
factor,
has
become
major
threat
to
international
food
security.
Tolerance
drought
complex
trait
and
its
response
carried
out
by
various
genes,
transcription
factors,
microRNAs,
hormones,
proteins,
cofactors,
ions
metabolites.
complexity
of
limited
development
drought‐tolerant
sweet
potato
cultivars
traditional
breeding.
Advances
breeding
exploit
full
potential
contribute
improved
higher
performing
cultivars,
adapted
increasingly
risky
rainfed
conditions,
mainly
drought,
are
key
making
systems
more
efficient
tolerant
pressure
from
other
stressors.
Genetic
gain
for
yield
mostly
African
countries,
result
an
accelerated
scheme.
focus
on
maximising
utilisation
molecular
tools
improvement
been
recently
explored
programmes
sub‐Saharan
Africa
(SSA).
This
article
provides
update
trends
gaps
SSA,
reviewing
relevant
strategies
used
improve
region.
Finally,
perspectives
using
new
advanced
including
genetic
engineering
genome
editing,
challenges
associated
with
further
highlighted.
Collaborative
efforts
countries
driving
advances
methods
through
incorporation
develop
varieties
that
important
security
despite
posed
drastic
climate.
Язык: Английский
Post-Harvest Fungal Diseases of Stored Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) in Three Markets of Jos, Plateau State
Ijeoma Adaku Nnebechukwu,
Musa Stephanie Yoro,
PO Nwadiaro
и другие.
Asian Journal of Plant Pathology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
19(1), С. 16 - 26
Опубликована: Март 19, 2025
Язык: Английский
Harnessing potato and sweetpotato innovations for resilient and healthier agri‐food systems in Africa
Crop Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
64(3), С. 1087 - 1092
Опубликована: Май 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Mechanization by Hand Tractor for Research in 30 Genotypes of Sweet Potato Originating from Indonesia (Lampung, Bogor) and Japan
Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
54(11)
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
The
farmer
used
to
plow
by
cow
and
hoe
cultivate
paddy
continued
sweet
potato
after
harvesting
without
land
preparation
(Zero
tillage),
also
the
seed
quality
of
was
not
best.
most
suitable
clones
in
Lampung,
Indonesia
were
found
yet.
This
research
onsweet
cultivation
carried
out
using
a
hand
tractor
for
30
genotypes
that
originated
from
Central
Japan,
Bogor,
Indonesia.
method
randomized
block
design
with
two
repetitions.
contributes
body
knowledge
demonstrating
use
tractors
experimental
fields
is
only
effective
but
expedient
compared
man-hoe
as
power
source,
particularly
cultivation.
mean
tuberous
production
among
examined
21,978
kg/ha.
L-11-2
exhibited
highest
value
32,947
kg/ha,
whereas
Naeshirazu
recorded
lowest
at
11,378
Genjah
Sawo
achieved
starch
yield
6,191
while
TK
6,307
BIS
39-15
1,097
A
facilitates
more
consistent
distribution
fertilizer,
potentially
leading
greater
harvests
potatoes
hoe.
In
conjunction
TK,
elevated
concentration
Japanese
made
them
application
sector
alcohol
manufacturing
facilities.
Weevil
infestation
results
destruction
harvests.
Язык: Английский