Important cultivars, varieties, and hybrids

Creator

A. L. Carpena, University of the Philippines Los Banos

Issue Date

2009

Abstract

© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009. All rights reserved. The many descriptor states possible for morphological traits alone of sweetpotato as seen in the IBPGR'S Descriptors List for Sweet Potato (Huaman, 1991) already indicate that there could exist a number of varieties of this crop species in the world. In a recent workshop co-sponsored by the International Potato Center (CIP), Rossel et al. (2007) reported that over 6000 accessions of landraces, breeding lines, and advanced cultivars of sweetpotato were held by the Center in its genebank, a collection which, based on reports in the same workshop of some of the sweetpotato producing countries, seems just a small fraction of the available varieties in the world.

Source or Periodical Title

The Sweetpotato

Page

27-40

Document Type

Book Chapter

Recommended Citation

Carpena A. (2009) Important Cultivars, Varieties, and Hybrids. In: Loebenstein G., Thottappilly G. (eds) The Sweetpotato. Springer, Dordrecht.

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9475-0_4

Digital Copy

None