Continuous Storage Root Formation and Bulking in Sweet potato
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Date
2019
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Gates Open Research
Abstract
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam, family Convolvulaceae.)
is one of the most important food crops worldwide, with approximately
106 million tons produced in almost 120 countries from
an area of about 8 million ha and an average global yield of
11.1 tons/ha (FAO, 2016). Asia is the world’s largest sweetpotato
producing continent, with 79 million tons, followed by Africa
(FAOstat, 2016). About 75% of this global production is from
China alone. A total of 21.3 million tons is produced in Africa,
with 48% from the Great Lakes region. In East Africa, the crop
is the second most important root crop after cassava and has
played an important role as a famine-relief crop during its long
history and has recently been reevaluated as a health-promoting
food (Low et al., 2017). Uganda ranks as the fourth largest
sweetpotato producer in the world after China, Nigeria and
Tanzania, with a production of 2.1 million t. In Africa, Uganda
is ranked third after Nigeria and Tanzania. Sweetpotato is one of
the main staple crops in the food systems of Uganda, Rwanda,
and Burundi with a per capita consumption of 50.9, 80.1 and
57.0 kg, respectively
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Keywords
Sweetpotato, Yield, Continuous storage root formation and bulking, Growth pattern, Phenotypic variation
Citation
Bararyenya A, Tukamuhabwa P, Gibson P et al. Continuous Storage Root Formation and Bulking in Sweetpotato [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 not approved] Gates Open Research 2019, 3:83 (https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12895.2