HATRI ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Book 2020 with titel "DEVELOPMENT OF SWEET POTATO PLANTS IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VietNam "

 

By Prof. Nguyen ThI Lang group and published. 2020, by Vietnamese education publishing house.

 

 

The Institute for High Agricultural Technology Research (HATRI) has made efforts to create a new book for " DEVELOPMENT OF SWEET POTATO PLANTS IN THE MEKONG DELTA. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) is a tuberous crop, belonging to the family Of Convolvulaceae, native to Central America and South America, spreading worldwide with the characteristic of easy-to-grow plants, yielding efficiency per unit of very large land area compared to other species. The ability to provide energy is very effective, besides protein nutrition is very positive, and the powdered sugar content / ha, with a short planting time, so it is the strategic crop of the world. According to FAO data in 2017, China produces the largest sweet potato with 72 million tons, followed by African countries, such as Malawi (5.5 million tons), Tanzania (4.2 t...) Vinh Long (VietNam have 14 thousands ha) with 30ton/ha.

 

The varieties of potatoes selected as materials are kept at the Mekong Delta High-Tech Agricultural Research Institute (HATRI) gene bank. By selecting sweet potato varieties, the topic has selected 34 promising sweet potatoes that can be used as a good starting material, exhibiting many outstanding properties with high productivity, delicious potato qualities for mekong delta provinces. The book is summarized with 13 chapters covering genomic of sweet potato plants. Genetic diversity. Breeding sweet potato varieties, criteria for evaluating sweet potato qualities. How to serve sweet potatoes, produce original varieties for sweet potatoes. Effects of some growth conditioners of sweet potatoes. The way of planting for sweet potatoes grows well. Methods of pest prevention. Manage the sweet potato network. Several chapters have also been devoted to assessing the current situation, improving the yield of sweet potatoes of Vinh Long province. Several chapters have also been devoted to assessing the current situation, improving the yield of sweet potatoes of Vinh Long province. The chapters in the book have been contributed by scientists, who are actively involved in research on sweet potato plants.