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Article title updated for style. Nov 04, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Verywell Fit - Sweet Potato Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Oct 14, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Functional components in sweetpotato and their genetic improvement. Apr 24, 2026
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Leaf-Based Varietal Categorization of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.), a Potentially Healthful Vegetable, Using Image Processing and K-Means Clustering (PDF). Jan 02, 2026
Add new Web site: BMC Plant Biology - Genetic diversity evaluation and selection methods of sweet potato hybrid F1 population based on SSR markers and phenotypic detection. Oct 10, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science - Morphological characteristics and yields of several sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas L.) tubers (PDF). Jul 19, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Georgia Extension - CAES Field Report - Home Garden Sweet Potatoes. Apr 24, 2025
Add new Web site: USDA - Agriculture Research Service - Sweetpotato Production, Processing, and Nutritional Quality (PDF). Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox - Ipomoea batatas. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Utah State University - Yard and Garden Extension - How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in Your Garden. Sep 18, 2024
Add new Web site: OSU Extension - Sweet Potato Production. May 31, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes. Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Florida - IFAS Extesion - Sweet Potatoes. Feb 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source - Sweet Potatoes. Dec 27, 2023
New interactive media added. Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - How to grow Sweet Potatoes. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Purdue University - Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department - The Sweet Potato. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Maryland Extension - Growing Sweet Potatoes in a Home Garden. May 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Clemson Cooperative Extension - Home & Garden Information Center - Sweetpotato. Mar 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - PlantVillage - Sweet potato. Dec 29, 2022
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Phenotypes: From Agroindustry to Health Effects. Nov 17, 2022
Add new Web site: Healthline - Sweet Potatoes 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Sep 09, 2022
Add new Web site: Verywell Fit - Sweet Potato Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Apr 22, 2022
Noted that orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are sometimes called yams. Nov 25, 2020
Add new Web site: University of Kentucky - Center for Crop Diversification - Sweetpotato. May 11, 2018
Add new Web site: Plants For A Future - Ipomoea batatas. Jan 10, 2018
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Sweet Potatoes. Mar 28, 2017
Add new Web site: Plants of the World Online - Ipomoea batatas. Aug 08, 2016
Add new Web site: National Tropical Botanical Garden - Ipomoea batatas. Aug 08, 2016
Article revised. Jun 30, 2016
Add new Web site: Missouri Botanical Garden - Ipomoea batatas. May 09, 2014
Add new Web site: The National Gardening Association - Sweet Potato. May 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Sweet Potato. Feb 05, 2013
Add new Web site: WebMD - Sweet Potato. Feb 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control - Vegetable of the Month: Sweet Potato. Apr 30, 2012
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Sweet Potato. Feb 05, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Home and Garden - Decorative Sweet Potato. Dec 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Watch Your Garden Grow - Sweet Potato. Jun 08, 2006
Added new Web site: Watch Your Garden Grow - Sweet Potato. Jun 08, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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