The challenge to produce more food for a rising global population on diminishing
agricultural land is complicated by the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity …

Many tuber and storage root crops owing to their high nutritional values offer high potential
to overcome food security issues. The lack of information regarding molecular mechanisms …

Root rot caused by Fusarium solani is one of major postharvest diseases limiting sweet
potato production. Antifungal effect and possible mode of action of cinnamaldehyde (CA) …

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., Convolvulaceae) counts among the most widely
cultivated staple crops worldwide, yet the origins of its domestication remain unclear. This …

Background The number of fibrous roots that develop into storage roots determines
sweetpotato yield. The aim of the present study was to identify the molecular mechanisms …

This study investigated the alleviation effects of spraying phytohormones on the
physiological characteristics and yield of sweet potato under drought stress during the early …

Sweetpotato yield depends on a change in the developmental fate of adventitious roots into
storage-roots. The mechanisms underlying this developmental switch are still unclear. We …

Abstract Background Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is the sixth most important food crop
in the world. The formation and development of storage roots in sweet potato is a highly …

Crop physiology of sweetpotato Page 297 Crop Physiology of Sweetpotato V. Ravi and P. Indira*
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Sreekariyam Trivandrum India 695 017 6 I. Introduction …

Cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is an important source of food for both humans
and domesticated animals. Here, we show that the B-box (BBX) family transcription factor …