The Sweetpotato has two parts:

• The first part gives up-to-date information on the history, botany, cultivars, genetic engineering, propagation, diseases and pests, nutritional data and marketing of the sweet potato
• A second part presenting data on sweet potato growing practices in different areas of the world

Contents

I. General

1. Introductory remarks
2. Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance
3. Botany and Physiology
4. Important Cultivars, Varieties, and Hybrids
5. Genetic Engineering
6. Propagation of Sweetpotatoes, in situ Germplasm Conservation and Conservation by Tissue Culture
7. Major Fungal and Bacterial Diseases
8. Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases
9. Nematodes
10. Insects
11. Uses and Nutritional Data of Sweetpotato
12. Economics of Sweetpotato Production and Marketing
13. Marketing Sweet Potatoes in the United States

II. Sweet potatoes in different regions

14. Sweetpotato Production in the United States
15. Sweetpotato in China
16. Sweetpotato in sub-Saharan-Africa
17. Sweetpotato in the Indian subcontinent
18. Sweetpotato in South and Central America
19. Sweetpotato in West Africa
20. Sweetpotato in South East Asia
21. Sweetpotato in Israel
22. Sweetpotato in Oceania
23. Concluding Remarks

Index

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