The ordinary potato belongs to the botanical family of Solanceae and the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) to the family of Convolvulaceae. [...] It was the demand of the Army for dehydrated food during World War II and stoppage of normal imports from abroad of root starch (which America makes use of to the extent of hundreds of millions of pounds annually) that brought out the importance of sweet potato in the U.S. [...] The percentage of starch in sweet potato has been found to vary from 19 to 32 per cent according to the strains climatic conditions of the region and the date of planting and harvesting. [...] A. ordinary potatoes the highest yield calculated on an acreage basis was of the order of 220 maunds from the strain Essex On the other hand the highest yield of sweet potato was of the order of 435 maunds from the Bengal White variety and 388 maunds from U.S. [...] (c) From the records of the yields of roots from rows planted at different dates it was found that the yields from the first rows of the different strains were invariably higher than those from the latest plantings of the cuttings in the third rows.
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- SARF Document ID
- sarf.120055
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Cover
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i-ii | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
Frontmatter
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i-viii | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
Forest Problems of Asia
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283-285 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
The Use of Cows for Work
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286-287 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
Sweet Potato
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288-292 | B. Sen | view |
Vegetable Seed Production in the Kulu Valley
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293-297 | Swarn Purewal | view |
Suggestions for Agricultural Development in India
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298-300 | S. Singh | view |
Training Middle-Class Families in Practical Agriculture
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301-303 | Debendra Mitra | view |
What the Scientists are doing
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304-304 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
You ask We answer
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305-305 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
What’s doing in All-India
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306-308 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
Across the Borders
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309-310 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
Home Gleanings
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311-316 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
Book Reviews
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317-317 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |
News and Views
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318-320 | U. N. Chatterjee | view |