Kenneth Pecota
Area(s) of Expertise
Research responsibilities are in sweetpotato breeding and genetics. Research emphasis is on developing high quality sweetpotatoes adapted to North Carolina’s growing conditions and the development of new traits.
Publications
- Chemical constituents of sweetpotato genotypes in relation to textural characteristics of processed french fries, Journal of Food Science (2018)
- Potential yields of industrial sweetpotatoes using cut seed pieces planted at various dates, Xxix international horticultural congress on horticulture: sustaining lives, livelihoods and landscapes (ihc2014): international symposium on root and tuber crops: sustaining lives and livelihoods into the future (2016)
- Combining ability of sweetpotato germplasm for yield, dry matter content, and anthocyanin production, Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science (2015)
- The carbohydrate yield of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) grown from slips and root pieces in North Carolina, HortScience (2015)
- Sweetpotato grown from root pieces displays a significant genotype x environment interaction and yield instability, HortScience (2014)
- Pressurized liquid extraction and quantification of anthocyanins in purple-fleshed sweet potato genotypes, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis (2012)
- Identification of quantitative trait loci for dry-matter, starch, and beta-carotene content in sweetpotato, Molecular Breeding (2011)
- Root piece planting in sweetpotato-a synthesis of previous research and directions for the future, HortTechnology (2011)
- Characterization of anthocyanins and anthocyanidins in purple-fleshed sweetpotatoes by HPLC-DAD/ESI-MS/MS, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2010)
- Rapid shoot regeneration in industrial 'high starch' sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) genotypes, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (2009)
Education
MS, Horticulture, NC State University (1995)