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Sweet potato storage. The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a very important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa and developing countries in other regions. [1][2] Its relatively short growing period, tolerance to drought and high yield from poor soils lead to its use as a famine reserve for many of these households. [1][2] However, it is a ...
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. [3][4] The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. Cultivars of the sweet potato have been bred to bear tubers with flesh ...
Ipomoea ( / ˌɪpəˈmiː.ə, - oʊ -/) [3] [4] is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc. [5] The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical ...
The enlarged area of the tuber can be produced at the end or middle of a root or involve the entire root. It is thus different in origin, but similar in function and appearance, to a stem tuber. Plants with tuberous roots include the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), cassava, dahlia, and Sagittaria (arrowhead) species. [citation needed]
Ipomoea reidelii Meisn. Ipomoea riedelii Meisn. Ipomoea teruae Molina & L.O.Williams. Ipomoea batatoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. [2] This species is found in sub- deciduous tropical forest, from about 100 to 200 meters above sea level. It blooms from August to November.
Ipomoea pandurata. Ipomoea pandurata, known as man of the earth, [1] wild potato vine, manroot, wild sweet potato, and wild rhubarb, [2] is a species of herbaceous perennial vine native to North America. It is a twining plant of woodland verges and rough places with heart-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped white flowers with a pinkish throat.
The sweet potato leaf curl virus is one of more than 20 viruses known to infect the sweet potato. [2] It is part of a group of sweet potato-infecting Begomoviruses generally known as "sweepoviruses". [3] Viruses are common among sweet potatoes because their propagation is commonly dependent on stored roots or stems.
Sphaceloma batatas. Elsinoe batatas [teleomorph] Southern blight. Sclerotial blight Sclerotium rolfsii: Scurf Monilochaetes infuscans: Septoria leaf spot Septoria bataticola: Storage rot Epicoccum spp. Fusarium solani Mucor racemosus Sclerotinia spp. Surface rot Fusarium oxysporum. Fusarium solani. Violet root rot Helicobasidium mompa