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Next generation sequencing as a method to verify virus elimination using heat treatment and meristem tip culture in the five most widely used sweet potato varieties in Ethiopia
Buko, Dereje Haile; Spetz, Carl; Hvoslef-Eide, Anne Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-31)Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) has become one of the staple crops in Africa in the last 20 years. In Ethiopia, sweet potato is the second most widely grown root crop and is the first regarding the production per ... -
An update of sweet potato viral disease incidence and spread in Ethiopia
Buko, Dereje Haile; Gedebo, A.; Spetz, Carl; Hvoslef-Eide, Anne Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08-31)Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important root crop for poor farmers in developing countries. Since the late 1980s, viral diseases have increasingly become a threat to sweet potato production in Ethiopia. ...