Degeneration of cleaned-up, virus-tested sweetpotato seed vines in Tanzania

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationBiotechnology Research Centeren
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKwame Ogero: 0000-0002-5141-6781en
cg.creator.identifierHaile Selassie Okuku: 0000-0002-3077-4432en
cg.creator.identifierBramwel Waswa Wanjala: 0000-0002-4732-1691en
cg.creator.identifierMargaret A. McEwan: 0000-0001-8510-0526en
cg.creator.identifierconny almekinders: 0000-0001-9779-5150en
cg.creator.identifierJan Kreuze: 0000-0002-6116-9200en
cg.creator.identifierPaul Struik: 0000-0003-2196-547Xen
cg.creator.identifierRene van der Vlugt: 0000-0001-9094-685Xen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106261en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1873-6904en
cg.journalCrop Protectionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipSEED SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.volume169en
dc.contributor.authorOgero, K.en
dc.contributor.authorOkuku, H.S.en
dc.contributor.authorWanjala, Bramwel W.en
dc.contributor.authorMcEwan, M.en
dc.contributor.authorAlmekinders, Conny J.M.en
dc.contributor.authorKreuze, Jan F.en
dc.contributor.authorStruik, P.C.en
dc.contributor.authorVlugt, R. van der.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-02T18:31:09Zen
dc.date.available2023-05-02T18:31:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130201
dc.titleDegeneration of cleaned-up, virus-tested sweetpotato seed vines in Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractViruses pose a major challenge to sweetpotato production in Tanzania. Use of cleaned-up, virus-tested seed vines distributed through a formal seed system is among the proposed strategies to address this challenge. However, virus-tested seed vines can get infected once in the field and it is not known how they will perform following several seasons of on farm propagation. We assessed the performance of virus-tested seed vines and farmer-sourced seed vines of a susceptible variety, Ejumula, and a relatively tolerant variety, Kabode, over five seasons to understand the trend in root yields, vine yields and virus incidences. The experiments were done in high and low virus pressure areas. The most prevalent viruses were sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) followed by sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) and sweet potato leaf curl virus (SPLCV), respectively. Both farmer-sourced and cleaned-up, virus-tested seed of cv. Ejumula were rapidly infected with SPCSV. The incidence of this virus on Ejumula's farmer-sourced material at the high-virus-pressure area reached 100% by the second season. The incidences for all three viruses remained stable for cv. Kabode across the five seasons. Plants generated from cleaned-up, virus-tested seed had lower incidences for all viruses compared to those from farmer-sourced planting material. Virus-tested seed produced significantly higher root yields for cv. Ejumula in the high-virus-pressure site, with a gradual drop across the seasons. The findings show that regular replenishment of clean, virus-tested seed is more economical in high-virus-pressure areas and for more susceptible varieties like cv. Ejumula. They also indicate that farmers may be reluctant to invest in cleaned-up, virus-tested seed in cases where they have virus-tolerant varieties such as cv. Kabode due to lack of obvious virus effect on yields.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-07en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOgero, K.; Okuku, H. S.; Wanjala, B.; McEwan, M.; Almekinders, C.; Kreuze, J.; Struik, P. C.; Vlugt, R. van der. 2023. Degeneration of cleaned-up, virus-tested sweetpotato seed vines in Tanzania. Crop Protection. 1873-6904. 169. 9 p.en
dcterms.extent9 p.en
dcterms.issued2023-07en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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