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A Low-cost Medium for Sweet Potato Micropropagation

Ogero, K.O.; Mwangi, M.; Gitonga, Nkanata Mburugu; Ombori, O.; Ngugi, M. (African Crop Science Society, 2011)

Tissue culture has not been optimised in sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) propagation due to high costs. With an aim of producing affordable disease-free seedlings, a low cost medium was developed and used to ...

Enhancing access to disease-free sweetpotato planting materials through low cost tissue culture for food security and poverty alleviation in Eastern Africa

Ogero, K.O.; Mwangi, M.; Gitonga, N.M.; Ombori, O.; Ngugi, M. (ABIC, 2014)

Sweetpotato is a major food staple in Eastern Africa because of its ease of cultivation and ability to thrive in marginal areas. However, limited supply of disease-free planting materials constrains production. Tissue ...