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Ipomoea batatas

Known as: batatas, Ipomoea, Ipomoea batata, batate 
A plant species of the genus IPOMOEA, family CONVOLVULACEAE. Some cultivars are sweet and edible whereas bitter varieties are a source of SAPONINS… 
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2007
2007
Lactic Acid Fermentation of β-Carotene Rich Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) into Lacto-juice
Lacto-juices processed by lactic acid fermentation bring about a change in the beverage assortment for their high nutritive value… 
2007
2007
Agronomic performance of locally adapted sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam.) cultivars derived from tissue culture regenerated plants
Tissue culture techniques have opened a new frontier in agricultural science by addressing food security and agricultural… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
New polyphenol derivative in Ipomoea batatas tubers and its antioxidant activity.
Four different polyphenolic compounds were isolated by chromatographic methods from methanolic and hydromethanolic extracts of… 
2004
2004
Isolation and characterisation of cDNA clones representing the genes encoding the major tuber storage protein (dioscorin) of yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.)
AbstractcDNA clones encoding dioscorins, the major tuber storage proteins (Mr 32000) of yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) have been… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The N-Terminal Propeptide of the Precursor to Sporamin Acts as a Vacuole-Targeting Signal even at the C Terminus of the Mature Part in Tobacco Cells
An asparagine-proline-isoleucine-arginine-leucine (NPIRL) and its related sequences in the N-terminal propeptides (NTPP) of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Synergistic effects of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and diazotrophic bacteria on nutrition and growth of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
SummarySweet potatoes were micropropagated and then transplanted from axnic conditions to fumigated soil in pots in the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Purification and properties of sweet potato mild mottle, a white-fly borne virus from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in east Africa.
SUMMARY A virus obtained from sweet potatoes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania was transmitted by inoculation of sap and by… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Evolutionary autoploidy in the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) and its progenitors
SummaryThe role of polyploidy in the evolution of the sweet potato. I. batatas (2n=6x=90), became more clear in 1971 when wild… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
A Lung Oedema Factor from Mouldy Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas)
WE have already described the toxic properties of sweet potato tubers infected with common moulds1,2. The toxic properties are… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Toxicity of Mould-damaged Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas)
THE toxicity for livestock of mouldy sweet potatoes has been recognized for several decades in the United States1 and, especially… 
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