Effects Of Nutrient Management, Time Of Vine Cutting, Storage Methods And Ratoon Cropping On The Growth, Yield, Storability, And Root Quality Of Sweetpotato Varieties (Ipomea Batatas (L) Lam)
ABSTRACT
Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas (L) Lam) is an important food
security crop grown in many of the poorest regions of the world mainly by women
for food and family cash income (Woolfe, 1992). The plant is traditionally
cultivated for food as a root crop (Ruiz, 1981). However, the top is also used
as valuable forage for ruminants and other livestock species (Backer et al., 1980;
Gonzales et al., 2003; Giang et al., 2004). The tuberous roots and leaves of
Sweetpotato are an excellent source of carbohydrate, protein, iron, vitamins A,
and C, and fibre (Smart and Simmonds, 1995). In Liberia, Sierra Leone and some
parts of Nigeria the leaves are used as fresh vegetables. The storage roots
have also been used as animal feed and in the production of fermentation
products (wine, liquor, vinegar) and sugar production (Ellong et al., 2014).
The roots may also be baked, fried, canned, used as desserts, pastries,
biscuits, flour, pasta, noodles, alcohol (ethanol), sugar or starch. In
Nigeria, fresh sweetpotato is traditionally consumed boiled and eaten with
stew, boiled and pounded with either boiled or fermented cassava as 'fufu'. It
may also be boiled and pounded with boiled yam, or boiled with beans and
vegetables, fried in vegetable oil or roasted (Mwanga et al., 2003).
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AKPANINYANG, E (2021). Effects Of Nutrient Management, Time Of Vine Cutting, Storage Methods And Ratoon Cropping On The Growth, Yield, Storability, And Root Quality Of Sweetpotato Varieties (Ipomea Batatas (L) Lam). Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-nutrient-management-time-of-vine-cutting-storage-methods-and-ratoon-cropping-on-the-growth-yield-storability-and-root-quality-of-sweetpotato-varieties-ipomea-batatas-l-lam-7-2
EMMANUEL, AKPANINYANG. "Effects Of Nutrient Management, Time Of Vine Cutting, Storage Methods And Ratoon Cropping On The Growth, Yield, Storability, And Root Quality Of Sweetpotato Varieties (Ipomea Batatas (L) Lam)" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 05 Jul. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-nutrient-management-time-of-vine-cutting-storage-methods-and-ratoon-cropping-on-the-growth-yield-storability-and-root-quality-of-sweetpotato-varieties-ipomea-batatas-l-lam-7-2. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
EMMANUEL, AKPANINYANG. "Effects Of Nutrient Management, Time Of Vine Cutting, Storage Methods And Ratoon Cropping On The Growth, Yield, Storability, And Root Quality Of Sweetpotato Varieties (Ipomea Batatas (L) Lam)". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 05 Jul. 2021. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-nutrient-management-time-of-vine-cutting-storage-methods-and-ratoon-cropping-on-the-growth-yield-storability-and-root-quality-of-sweetpotato-varieties-ipomea-batatas-l-lam-7-2 >.
EMMANUEL, AKPANINYANG. "Effects Of Nutrient Management, Time Of Vine Cutting, Storage Methods And Ratoon Cropping On The Growth, Yield, Storability, And Root Quality Of Sweetpotato Varieties (Ipomea Batatas (L) Lam)" Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 22 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-nutrient-management-time-of-vine-cutting-storage-methods-and-ratoon-cropping-on-the-growth-yield-storability-and-root-quality-of-sweetpotato-varieties-ipomea-batatas-l-lam-7-2