First systematic review of the last 30 years of research on sweetpotato: elucidating the frontiers and hotspots

X Meng, T Dong, Z Li, M Zhu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sweetpotato is an economically important crop, and it has various advantages over other
crops in addressing global food security and climate change. Although substantial articles …

Genetic variations underlying root-knot nematode resistance in sweetpotato

J Kim, YW Sung, JW Yang, KJ Nam, KL Lee, D Shim… - Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) causes severe crop damage and large
economic losses worldwide. Several cultivars of sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam)] …

Novel Multiresistant Osmotin-like Protein from Sweetpotato as a Promising Biofungicide to Control Ceratocystis fimbriata by Destroying Spores through Accumulation …

H Deng, F Wang, Q Wu, H Sun, J Ma, R Ni… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Osmotin-like proteins (OLPs) play an important role in host-plant defense. In this study, a
novel multiresistant OLP (IbOLP1) was screened from sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) with a …

Polyploid GWAS reveals the basis of molecular marker development for complex breeding traits including starch content in the storage roots of sweet potato

E Haque, K Shirasawa, K Suematsu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Given the importance of prioritizing genome-based breeding of sweet potato to enable the
promotion of food and nutritional security for future human societies, here, we aimed to …

Transcriptomic analysis for the gamma-ray-induced sweetpotato mutants with altered stem growth pattern

HU Lee, S Shim, MN Chung, T Lee, W Park… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Sweetpotato faces breeding challenges due to physiological and genomic
issues. Gamma radiation is a novel approach for inducing genetic variation in crops. We …

Mapping of a major locus involved in shoot growth habit in hexaploid sweetpotato using bulked-segregant analysis

K Suematsu, M Tanaka - Euphytica, 2024 - Springer
The traits of shoot growth habit differ between sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) and its wild
ancestor (Ipomoea trifida). In general, sweetpotatoes have thick stems without twining, while …