IMPROVEMENT OF SWEET POTATO NURSERIES FOR INCREASING YIELD (QUANTITY AND QUALITY) IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Vegetable Res. Dept., Hart. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted during 1995 and 1996 seasons, to
evaluate the propagation methodsof Sweet potato. Sweet potato seedlings of cvs.
Mabrouka and Abees were used from: a) nursery (traditional method), b) seedling of
trays (new method). The results in the two years revealed that using seedlings from
trays gave the highest yield (ton/fed.) for two tested cultivars (Mabrouka and Abees).
Seedlings obtained directly from the nursery showed many disadvantages. But,
seedlings obtained from trays may be considered a new direction for increasing the
yield of sweet potato for local consumption and also for exportation.