Ipomoea batatas, yield, southern Africa 'Blesbok' sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] was developed by the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Research Institute (VOPRI) at Roodeplaat near Pretoria. This cultivar combines high yield potential, earliness, wide climatic adaptation in South Africa, good storage quality, and low rate of flesh oxidation. 'Blesbok' compares favorably with 'Bosbok' (Bosch, 1982), a cultivar that accounts for >50% of sweetpotato production in South Africa. Origin'Blesbok,' previously tested as 85-1-2, originated as an open-pollinated seedling of the breeding line 81-27-1204 polycrossed in 1985 to 20 other parental lines selected for appearance, yield, and low oxidation. Breeding line 81-27-1204 originated from seed obtained from the United States in 1981. It has an orange skin and flesh, with almost no oxidation of the flesh, and produced high marketable yields. Description'Blesbok' has green, moderately long, thick vines with a vigorous growth habit. The leaves are green and heart-shaped, but truncated at the leaf base. The storage roots are cylindrical with an attractive purple-red skin and white flesh (Fig. 1) with almost no oxidation. Vine production is similar to that of 'Bosbok' and 'Brondal' (Joubert, 1970) and
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