Increased availability and stabilized production of resistant/tolerant ginger and sweet yam in Jamaica in a competitive global environment
Yield losses ranging from approximately 50-90 percent have been reported for ginger and 60-100 percent for sweet yam due to ginger rhizome rot and anthracnose disease.
The development of resistant or tolerant ginger varieties and sweet yam varieties is critical for Jamaica due to the scarcity of clean ginger planting material and low resistance to ginger rhizome rot and anthracnose disease.
Gamma-ray treatments are expected to produce plant lines resistant and or tolerant to the specified pathogens or resultant disease.
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