Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations
Value Creation for Inclusive Outcomes
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Open AccessPotato and sweetpotato breeding at the International Potato Center: approaches, outcomes and the way forward
Root and tuber crop breeding is at the front and center of CIP’s science program, which seeks to develop and disseminate sustainable agri-food technologies, information and practices to serve objectives includ...
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Open AccessHeterotic gains, transgressive segregation and fitness cost of sweetpotato weevil resistance expression in a partial diallel cross of sweetpotato
Heterosis-exploiting breeding schemes are currently under consideration as a means of accelerating genetic gains in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) breeding. This study was aimed at establishing heterotic gains, fi...
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Open AccessEffect of nutrition awareness on utilization of Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato among vulnerable populations in Kenya
Malnutrition continues to affect many vulnerable populations worldwide, with the majority of these residing in develo** and underdeveloped countries. This problem has been exacerbated by the changing climate...
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Sweetpotato: Nutritional Constituents and Genetic Composition
Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (2n = 6x = 90), is a polyploid, outcrossing species considered a staple food in many develo** countries due to its starch-rich storage roots. In addition to energy, roots or leaves ...
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Sweetpotato: Nutritional Constituents and Genetic Composition
Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (2n = 6x = 90), is a polyploid, outcrossing species considered a staple food in many develo** countries due to its starch-rich storage roots. In addition to energy, roots or leaves ...
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Genome-edited crops for improved food security of smallholder farmers
Widespread enthusiasm about potential contributions of genome-edited crops to address climate change, food security, nutrition and health, environmental sustainability and diversification of agriculture is dam...
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Overview
Root, tuber, and banana (RT&B) crops play a critical role in food and nutrition security in develo** countries, increasingly so in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). They have great potential to contribute to allevia...
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The Quest for Innovation: Addressing User Needs and Value Creation
In agricultural and agrifood systems, like in many other economic sectors, the main innovation drivers have traditionally been (1) technological advances and (2) research and development. When innovation fails...
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Open Innovation and Value Creation in Crop Genetics
The development of cultivars exhibiting improved climate resilience and containing effective input and agronomic traits and their adoption by growers and acceptance by supply chains, consumers, and society rem...
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Open AccessSequencing depth and genotype quality: accuracy and breeding operation considerations for genomic selection applications in autopolyploid crops
Polypoid crop breeders can balance resources between density and sequencing depth, dosage information and fewer highly informative SNPs recommended, non-additive models and QTL advantages on prediction depende...
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Open AccessResilient agri-food systems for nutrition amidst COVID-19: evidence and lessons from food-based approaches to overcome micronutrient deficiency and rebuild livelihoods after crises
COVID-19 has had an instant effect on food systems in develo** countries. Restrictions to the movement of people and goods have impaired access to markets, services and food. Unlike other concurrent crises, ...
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Tropical Maize (Zea mays L.)
From its origins in Mexico, maize has spread throughout the crop** world and now has the largest annual production of any cereal crop. Maize adapted to the tropics has a shorter breeding history than its tem...
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Lake Chapo: a baseline study of a deep, oligotrophic North Patagonian lake prior to its use for hydroelectricity generation: I. Physical and chemical properties
A baseline study on a temperate, oligotrophic North Patagonian lake (Lake Chapo, Southern Chile) was made prior to the installation of a hydroelectric power station. Throughout one year (September 1986–October...
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Lake Chapo: a baseline study of a deep, oligotrophic North Patagonian lake prior to its use for hydroelectricity generation: II. Biological properties
The present paper focuses on the biological properties of Lake Chapo prior to the installation of a hydroelectric power station. Most of the biological parameters indicate that the lake is oligotrophic, i.e., ...
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Limnological studies of Amarga Lagoon, Chile: A saline lake in Patagonian South America
Amarga Lagoon, lat. 50°29′ S and long. 73°45′ S, it is located at the Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. The physical, chemical, and biological features of the lake were studied. According to salinity, the...
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Gondwana and neotropical galaxioid fish biogeography
The galaxioids, Southern Hemisphere salmoniforms (i.e. Galaxiidae, Aplochitonidae, Retropinnidae and Pro-totroctidae), are found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, South America and South Africa, and in...
