Inheritance of Tolerance to Intermittent Drought from Selected Potato (Solanum Tuberosum) Cultivars in South Western Uganda
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The study objective of this study is to characterise new potato
clones for drought tolerance under Ugandan conditions. Study
genotypes were subjected to three water stress levels and also
crossed with susceptible, locally adopted varieties to estimate
the combining ability of the tolerant genotypes. Results for yield
and for indicators of drought tolerance showed greater tolerance
to drought in the new clones than in the local varieties. Four of
the promising clones were crossed with three of the varieties
susceptible to drought to determine their combining ability for
yield and drought related traits, and to generate segregating
materials for further evaluation.
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