Sweetpotato Germplasm Management (Ipomoea batatas) - CIP

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Sweetpotato Germplasm Management (Ipomoea batatas)

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Part 1 : Taxonomy and Biodiversity

1.1	Systematic botany and morphology of the sweetpotato plant
1.2	Botany, origin, evolution and biodiversity of the sweetpotato
1.3	Morphologic identification of duplicates in collections of Ipomoea batatas
1.4	Interdisciplinary collection of Ipomoea batatas germplasm and associated indigenous knowledge in Anggi, Irian Jaya , Indonesia: The approach, the methods and the problems

PART 2 : Propagation and Conservation

2.1	Maintenance of sweetpotato germplasm in field genebanks
2.2	Management of sweetpotato plant materials in quarantine greenhouse
2.3	Techniques for rapid multiplication of sweetpotato planting materials
2.4	*Tissue culture of Ipomoea batatas: Micropropagation and maintenance*
2.5	Transport, receipt, and propagation of in vitro sweetpotato plantlets
2.6	Methods to induce flowering in sweetpotato
2.7	Methods to determine the fertility and compatibility of sweetpotato
2.8	Sweetpotato sexual seed management

PART 3 : Evaluation and Breeding

3.1	Farmer participation in the selection of new sweetpotato varieties
3.2	Procedures for the evaluation of pathogen-tested sweetpotato clones
3.3	Preliminary evaluation of earliness in the production of storage roots in a sweetpotato collection
3.4	Methods to evaluate culinary quality and other attributes for processing sweetpotato storage roots
3.5	Evaluation of potato and sweetpotato genotypes for drought resistance

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