Abstract:Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is one of the world’s most important and widely grown starch crops. It is usually produced for direct human consumption but can be readily converted to simple sugars that then have industrial end uses. The objective of this study was to compare the carbohydrate yield of the conventional sweetpotato cultivar, Beauregard, with new clones selected specifically for higher carbohydrate production. Ten sweetpotato clones were grown from both slips and … Show more
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