Importance and Scope of Sweet Potato

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.) is also believed to have originated in or around northern South America. It is a herbaceous, perennial plant, but is grown as an annual by vegetative propagation using either storage roots or stems cuttings. The tuber is an important source of carbohydrate. Certain varieties having yellow flesh are rich in carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. The edible sweet potato is variously referred to as a root, a root-tuber or a tuber. Sweet potato is a short duration crop, adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions. It exhibits no strict seasonality making it suitable as a combination crop with other crops.