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Yield and Yield Components of Six Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Cultivars II. Variability and Possible Sources of Variation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

S. B. Lowe  and
L. A. Wilson
S. B. Lowe
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
L. A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
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Summary

Variabilities in total yield, marketable yield and components of yield (tuber numbers and mean tuber weights) were studied in six sweet potato cultivars over two seasons, in crops harvested at two dates. Yield variability was high, particularly in marketable tubers, and was related to either or both components of yield. High-yielding cultivars had lower variabilities and the commercial cultivar 049 the lowest. The contribution of yield components to variability in total yield was evaluated and sources of yield variation were attributed to planting material, tuber development and season.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 49 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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