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Understanding Genotype × Environment Interactions in Potato Production to Guide Variety Adoption and Future Breeding Strategies
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a versatile crop given its adaptation, production capacity and utilization, and therefore valuable in many different countries. In Kenya, potato is mainly grown by smallholder far...
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Open AccessSeed Quality and Variety Preferences Amongst Potato Farmers in North-Western Kenya: Lessons for the Adoption of New Varieties
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important commercialised food crop in Kenya. Recently, Kenya has realised a huge increase in the number of formally released potato varieties. The performance of these varietie...
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Open AccessDormancy and Physiological Age of Seed Tubers from a Diverse Set of Potato Cultivars Grown at Different Altitudes and in Different Seasons in Kenya
The study was conducted to determine the dormancy and physiological age characteristics of diverse potato genotypes as influenced by growing altitudes and seasons for future breeding strategies and optimal pat...
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Open AccessUnderstanding Potato Production Practices in North-Western Kenya through Surveys: an Important Key to Improving Production
Potato is the second most important food crop after maize in Kenya. However, most farmers produce potatoes under sub-optimal management, resulting in low yields, despite the introduction of improved varieties....
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Open AccessPrevalence, distribution and control of potato virus Y (PVY) strains in Kenyan potato cultivars
Potato virus Y (PVY) causes major yield losses in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crops worldwide. Over the past few decades, two new PVY strains (PVYN−Wi/N:O and PVYNTN) have become prevalent and widely distribute...
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Open AccessScreening for PVYN-Wi Resistance in Kenyan Potato Cultivars
Over the past decades, two new strains of potato virus Y (PVYN-Wi (Wilga) and PVYNTN) have been the most widely distributed worldwide in potato crops (Solanum tuberosum L.). Effective resistance genes comprehensi...
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Open AccessFarmer Knowledge in Potato Virus Epidemiology and Control in Kenya
Potato is an important food security crop in Kenya. High prevalence of potato viruses is one of the major causes of low potato yields. Implementation of effective virus management strategies requires informati...
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Open AccessPrevalence, distribution and control of six major potato viruses in Kenya
In most develo** countries, farmers lack sufficient supply of certified or healthy potato seed tubers. Hence, they often plant their own saved ware potato tubers, a practice that is known to contribute to sp...
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Improving Potato Production in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia: A System Diagnosis
Increased productivity of potatoes can improve the livelihood of smallholder potato farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia and is required to meet the growing demand. This paper investigates the opportunities f...
