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‘Travis’ Sweet Potato1

Year: 1981

Type: article

Abstract: ‘Travis’ is an early maturity, high yielding sweet potato cultivar with resistance to soil rot, Streptomyces ipomoea [(Persons & W.J. Martin) Waks & Henrici] released by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station in 1980. It produces high yield of well shaped rose skin colored roots with a deep orange flesh. ‘Travis’ also has resistance to Fusarium wilt, root-knot and internal cork virus. ‘Travis’ was grown from true seed in 1974 and tested as ‘L4-62’.

Source: HortScience

DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.16.4.574

Authors: Teme P. Hernandez, Roysell J. Constantino, Harrell Hammett, Weston J. Martin, Christopher Clark, Larry Rolston

Institution: Louisiana State University

Language: English

Topic: Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Subfield: Horticulture

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,000