Replication Data for: Comparative analysis for producing quality sweetpotato vines using sandponics and conventional systems

This makes pre-basic seed to be expensive for basic seed multipliers and thereby a challenge in delivering economically viable option for further multiplication for root producers to access low cost quality planting materials. Sandponics is postulated to be an alternative to the conventional sweetpotato pre-basic seed multiplication, but it’s cost-effectiveness is unknown compared with the conventional approach.

A Study was conducted at Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service – Plant Quarantine and Biosecurity Station, Muguga, Kenya to determine the cost-effectiveness for sweetpotato pre-basic seed generation in the two distinct vine propagation systems using genotypes Irene, Kabode, Ejumula and Gweri. Results showed a significant increase in the vine multiplication rate in the sandponics by 21.8% compared with the conventional vine propagation.