Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleBRASSINOSTEROIDS IN BREEDING TECHNOLOGIES HEALTHCARE POTATONatalia Nikolaevna Koposova, Olga Veniaminovna Shtyrlina, Irina Pavlovna Uromova et al.The regulator of anti-stress action Epin-Extra (24-epibrassinolide) was tested in laboratory and field (protected ground) conditions. The aim of this research was to study the influence of growth regulators on the growth, development and productivity of improved initial promising varieties of potato: Native (cultivated varieties Udacha) and foreign (cultivated varieties Red Scarlett) selections obtained by the method of apical meristem … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 28 Aug 2014 · 7,322 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsProgress Made in Developing New High Yielding Potato Varieties for the Kenyan Highlands at KALRO-TigoniJane Muthoni, Hussein ShimelisBreeding has been going on at Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Institute (KALRO), Tigoni in Kenya to develop high yielding potato varieties that have good processing qualities. The objective was to develop high yielding potato varieties that are adapted to the Kenyan climatic and environmental conditions and that are suitable for processing. After initial crossing, the resultant families were evaluated … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 28 Jun 2018 · 8,915 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractProtecting crop species from biotic and abiotic constraints in the era of Global Change: are we ready for this challenge?Marco Landi, Giovanni BenelliReliable and affordable supply of food is of crucial importance to the progress and stability of human societies. During the last century, we have assisted to an extraordinary increase of crop yields, especially for the most widespread and consumed crop species, such as rice, wheat, corn and soybean. The Broadbalk experiment, one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 8,399 accessesView PDFCite