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Author(s): SANTOS, F. N. dos; DUARTE, L. N.; SAMBORSKI, T.; MELLO, A. F. S.; KRINGEL, D. H.; SEVERO, J.

Beauregard sweet potato is an orange color crop rich in β-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. β-carotene improve immunity and decrease of incidence of degenerative diseases. The objective of... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2021

Author(s): PAPROTKA, T.; BOITEUX, L. S.; FONSECA, M. E. N.; RESENDE, R. O.; JESKE, H.; FARIA, J. C.; RIBEIRO, S. G.

Begomoviruses cause major diseases of sweet potato worldwide impairing considerably the yields of this important food staple. Since sweet potato plants are vegetatively propagated and globally transpo... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2010

Author(s): SEVERO, J.; SANTOS, F. N. dos; SAMBORSKI, T.; MELLO, A. F. S.

This review presents an overview of biofortification, with an emphasis on orange-flesh sweet potatoes (OFSP), and points out the effects of food processing on nutritional compounds. The identification... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2021

Author(s): LIMA, F. S. de O.; SANTOS, G. R. dos; CORREA, V. R.; SANTOS, P. R. R. dos; CORREIA, M. A. R.; NOGUEIRA, S. R.

The root knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne incognita, is widespread worldwide and a major pathogen of several cultivated crops. The use of resistant genotypes is the most effective and environmentally... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2016

Author(s): SOUSA, R. M. de D. de; PEIXOTO, J. R.; AMARO, G. B.; VILELA, M. S.; COSTA, A. P.; NÓBREGA, D. da S.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the ornamental potential of sweet potato accessions from the Germplasm Bank of Embrapa Hortaliças, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2018

Author(s): MELLO, A. F. S.; SILVA, G. O. da; NUNES, M. U. C.; CELESTINO FILHO, P.; SILVA, W. B.; MOITA, A. W.; CARVALHO, J. L. V. de; NUTTI, M. R.

The average yield of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) in Brazil is below the crop potential, and appropriate cultural practices and more productive cultivars are needed to improve crop yield.... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2022

Author(s): MUNIZ, A. V. C. da S.; ANDRADE, L. N. T.; RABANNI, A. R. C.; NUNES, M. U. C.; PINHEIRO, L. R.

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Author(s): MELLO, A. F. S.; MOITA, A. W.; SOUZA, R.; BISCAIA, D.; MACEDO, A.; LEMOS, R.; FONSECA, L. L. da C.; PINHEIRO, J. B.

The objective of this work was to characterize the resistance level of one Embrapa pre-commercial genotype of sweet potato to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica.

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2017

Author(s): SILVA, M. G. da; SOUZA, R. L. de; MONTES, S. M. N. M.; OLIVEIRA, D. R.; MELLO, A. F. S.

Sweet potato is a staple crop in Brazil and it is planted in more than 40,000 hectares in all the different regions of the country. With the exception of the south region, where the weather is not con... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2017

Author(s): ANTONIO, G. C.; TAKEITI, C. Y.; OLIVEIRA, R. A. de; PARK, K. J.

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) shows great socio-economic importance, providing a supply of calories, vitamins and minerals for human nutrition. Roots present a carbohydrate content varying between... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2011

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