Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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240410 | Procedia Chemistry | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
As an underground crop, tuberous root of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is the main economical yield expected from various level of cultivation. Aside rich in carbohydrate, sweet potato root contains vitamin and mineral. The degree of utilization reflects the level of subsistence to commercialization, where the desire or needs can be easily met was defined as prosperity. Supplying continuously the demand of sweet potato for subsistence and commercialization oriented to bio-ethanol and food related industries depend on the sustainable production system. To sustain sweet potato production system, the severe biotic and a-biotic stresses have to be alleviated.
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