Introduction and Comparative Experiment of High Starch Sweet Potato Varieties in Wuling Mountain Area
In this experiment, high starch varieties Eshu 9,Eshu 6,Nanzao 88,Shangshu19 and Xushu 22 were introduced. The parallel test was used to study the performance of the high starch sweet potato varieties. The results showed that under the climatic conditions of Wuling mountain area,there was no obvious difference between the yield of Eshu 9 and Shangshu 19. The Dried potato yield of Shangshu 19 and Eshu 9 reached 584.0 kg/667 m2 and 578.0 kg/667 m2,respectively. These two varieties were suitable for planting in Wuling mountain area as starch processing potato.
sweet potato[Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill]introductioncomparative experimentWuling mountain area