Yen D. E. 1963. Sweet-potato variation and its relation to human migration in the Pacific. In: Barrau Jacques (ed). Plants and the migrations of Pacific peoples: 93-117. Bishop Museum Press.

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Kūmara cultivars collected from Maori settlements in North Island in 1954-1956, including 4 pre-European. Grown in trial at Otahuhu. Other material added from Polynesia, Melanesia, New Guinea , Asia and South America. Geographic variation in agricultural practice, and plant variation and characteristics, discussed. Study revealed it is a single species, and affirm an American origin, with secondary centres of variability in some Pacific areas (Hawaii, Easter Island, NZ ?, New Guinea, Philippines).

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Title

Sweet-potato variation and its relation to human migration in the Pacific

Date, primary

1963

Date, secondary

1961, 21 August - 6 September

Author, primary

Yen D.e.

Conference title

Plants and the migrations of Pacific peoples

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End page

117

Publisher

Bishop Museum Press

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8320c51b-1add-4080-8e79-8af023f517dc

Record class

reference

Date added

4 April 2011

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20 July 2020