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A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas
The genus Ipomoea comprises the largest number of species within the Convolvulaceae. Throughout the world Ipomoea is usually estimated to contain c. 500 species (e.g., Mabberley, 1989; McDonald &… Expand
Assessing the Geographic Representativeness of Genebank Collections: the Case of Bolivian Wild Potatoes
- R. Hijmans, K. Garrett, Z. Huáman, D. Zhang, M. Schreuder, M. Bonierbale
- Geography
- 18 December 2000
: Genebank collection databases can be used for ecogeographical studies under the assumption that the accessions are a geographically unbiased sample. We evaluated the representativeness of a… Expand
Assessing genetic diversity of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) cultivars from tropical America using AFLP
- D. Zhang, J. Cervantes, Z. Huáman, Edward Carey, M. Ghislain
- Biology
- Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
- 1 December 2000
The sweet potato genebank at the International Potato Center (CIP) maintains 5,526 cultivated I. batatas accessions from 57 countries. Knowledge of the genetic structure in this collection is… Expand
Marker-assisted sampling of the cultivated Andean potato Solanum phureja collection using RAPD markers
- M. Ghislain, D. Zhang, D. Fajardo, Z. Huáman, R. Hijmans
- Biology
- Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
- 1 December 1999
The potato crop originated in the Andean highlands where numerous farmer's varieties and non-cultivated wild species exist. An Andean potato collection is held in trust at the International Potato… Expand
Reclassification of landrace populations of cultivated potatoes (Solanum sect. Petota).
- Z. Huáman, D. Spooner
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of botany
- 1 June 2002
Cultivated potatoes have been classified as species under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and as cultivar-groups under the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated… Expand
Genetic diversity and geographic pattern in early South American cotton domestication
- Ola T Westengen, Z. Huáman, M. Heun
- Medicine, Biology
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics
- 2004
Amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting was applied to survey the genetic diversity of primitive South American Gossypium barbadense cotton for establishing a possible link to its… Expand
Influence of a flavonoid (formononetin) on mycorrhizal activity and potato crop productivity in the highlands of Peru
- F. Davies, C. Calderón, Z. Huáman, R. Gómez
- Biology
- 3 October 2005
Mycorrhizal fungi serve as biofertilizers, reduce plant stress, and can increase plant productivity. Since the potato originated from the highlands of Peru and Bolivia, a goal of this research was to… Expand
Selecting a Peruvian sweetpotato core collection on the basis of morphological, eco-geographical, and disease and pest reaction data
- Z. Huáman, C. Aguilar, R. Ortiz
- Biology
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics
- 23 April 1999
Abstract Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] ranks among the seven most important food crops of the world. The International Potato Center (CIP) holds one of the largest sweetpotato (2n=6x=90)… Expand
RAPD variation in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) cultivars from South America and Papua New Guinea
- D. Zhang, M. Ghislain, Z. Huáman, A. Golmirzaie, R. Hijmans
- Biology
- Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
- 1 June 1998
The island of New Guinea is considered a secondary center on diversity for sweetpotato, because of its range of isolated ecological niches and large number of cultivars found within a small area.… Expand