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Yield Performance and Genotype × Environment Interaction of White-Fleshed Sweetpotato Genotypes across Different Agro-Ecologies in Ethiopia

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)
Volume 71 (2025): Issue 3 (October 2025)
By: Bililign Mekonnen Wube,  Melese Lema Tesema and  Kanko Chuntale Chulda  
Open Access
|Jan 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agri-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4376 | Journal ISSN: 0551-3677
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Language: English
Page range: 132 - 145
Submitted on: Sep 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 28, 2025
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Published on: Jan 30, 2026
Published by: National Agricultural and Food Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
dry matter content,
environment,
food security,
storage root yield,
sweetpotato virus disease,
stability
Related subjects:
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Plant science,
Ecology,
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