| 1574212 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Individually film wrapped sweetpotato root for use in the microwave. November 1997 |
| 1572922 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sweetpotato root showing dried latex (brown mass from close end). The latex is natural and poses no risk to consumption, but is unsightly and can be difficult to wash off during the washing and packing process. Growers sometimes refer to this as "elephant snot." Note also the small raised spots often referred to as pimples. The cultivar is Hernandez. May 1997 |
| 1563218 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sweetpotato plantbeds. Workers removing sprouts from bedded storage roots to be used to plant fields. |
| 1563265 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Harvester designed to dig and lower roots trailer with minimal drop to avoid injuries to the sweetpotatoes. (Oct75). |
| 1563185 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage and waxing for shipment to markets, Apr76. |
| 1563192 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Five sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) roots compared to one yam (Dioscorea spp.) root. Although both are roots, the plants are not even distantly relate; the sweetpotato is a Dicot while the yam is a Monocot. |
| 1563211 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sweetpotato plantlet generated from apical mesistem growing in a test tube. Plants so generated are usually free of viruses. |
