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Use of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Leaf Tips as Vegetables I. Evaluation of Morphological Traits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. L. Villareal
Affiliation:
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), PO Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 741, Taiwan, Republic of China
S. K. Lin
Affiliation:
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), PO Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 741, Taiwan, Republic of China
L. S. Chang
Affiliation:
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), PO Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 741, Taiwan, Republic of China
S. H. Lai
Affiliation:
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), PO Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 741, Taiwan, Republic of China

Summary

There is wide variation in the morphological characteristics of sweet potato leaf tips which are acceptable as a vegetable for human consumption. Thus many cultivars are available from which further selections can be made for yield, palatability, tenderness, flavour, and nutritional quality. A list is given of some cultivars which combine a number of desirable traits.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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