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Effect of sources of sweetpotato planting material for quality vine and root yield

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Title Effect of sources of sweetpotato planting material for quality vine and root yield
 
Creator Abidin, P.E.
Akansake, D.
Asare, K.
Acheremu, K.
Carey, E.E.
 
Subject sweet potatoes
fertilizers
yields
vines
roots
 
Description Commercialization of sweetpotato vines is persistent if multipliers show evidence of superiority of their vines. This study aimed at evaluating the effects of net tunnel source and of pathogen tested planting material compared to “apparently” healthy vines on yield and health status at three defined environments in Northern Ghana during the rainy season of 2015. Sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD) and weevils were considered. Four varieties were investigated, the pathogen-tested vines of Dadanyuie, Bohye and Ligri, and “apparently” healthy vines of Apomuden from the negative selection technique. All planting materials taken from the net tunnel and open field were from the same location. Eight treatment combinations were arranged in a RCBD with 3 replicates. Planting distance was 0.30 m x 1 m. Weeding was done and fertilizer was applied as necessary. General and three-way analysis of variance were computed using Genstat. Highly significant differences were found among varieties and trial sites for plant establishment, foliage yield, root yield, weevil, and SPVD. The two sources were not significantly different. For varieties across sites, net tunnel source was better than open field. The apparently healthy vines might be effective as pathogen-tested vines. Net tunnels may have a distinct advantage for multiplication and maintenance.
 
Date 2017-02-23
2017-08-14T15:55:04Z
2017-08-14T15:55:04Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Abidin, P.; Akansake, D.A.; Asare, K.B.; Acheremu, K.; Carey, E.E. 2017. Effect of sources of sweetpotato planting material for quality vine and root yield. Open Agriculture. ISSN 2391-9531. 2(1):244-249
2391-9531
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83095
https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2017-0026
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 244-249
application/pdf
 
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH
 
Source Open Agriculture