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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,784 Views
15 Pages

Optimization of Ethanol Concentration and Wetting Time for Industrial-Scale Production of Ipomoea batatas L. Leaf Extract

  • Cokorda Istri Sri Arisanti,
  • Ida Musfiroh,
  • I Made Agus Gelgel Wirasuta,
  • Nur Kusaira Khairul Ikram and
  • Muchtaridi Muchtaridi

13 April 2025

Extraction is one of the most important phases in the food, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries, as it enables the isolation of valuable compounds from raw materials. Ipomoea batatas L. leaf extract has anti-diabetic qualities due to anthocy...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,197 Views
23 Pages

The Potential of the Flavonoid Content of Ipomoea batatas L. as an Alternative Analog GLP-1 for Diabetes Type 2 Treatment—Systematic Review

  • Ni Kadek Santi Maha Dewi,
  • Yan Ramona,
  • Made Ratna Saraswati,
  • Desak Made Wihandani and
  • I Made Agus Gelgel Wirasuta

31 December 2023

Ipomoea batatas L. (IBL) has gained significant popularity as a complementary therapy or herbal medicine in the treatment of anti-diabetes. This review seeks to explore the mechanism by which flavonoid compounds derived from IBL exert their anti-diab...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research Progress of Plant Compounds for Diabetes and Its Complications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,456 Views
13 Pages

Potential Use of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) to Suppress Three Invasive Plant Species in Agroecosystems (Ageratum conyzoides L., Bidens pilosa L., and Galinsoga parviflora Cav.)

  • Shicai Shen,
  • Gaofeng Xu,
  • Diyu Li,
  • Guimei Jin and ,
  • Shufang Liu,
  • David Roy Clements,
  • Yanxian Yang,
  • Jia Rao,
  • Aidong Chen and
  • Leslie A. Weston
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a logical candidate crop to suppress invasive plants, but additional information is needed to support its potential application as a suppressive ground cover. The current study utilized a de Wit replacement...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Management and Control Methods for Invasive Plants in Agroecosystems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,448 Views
15 Pages

Bioactive Compound Diversity in a Wide Panel of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Cultivars: A Resource for Nutritional Food Development

  • Marion Nabot,
  • Cyrielle Garcia,
  • Marc Seguin,
  • Julien Ricci and ,
  • Catherine Brabet and
  • Fabienne Remize
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 September 2024

Objectives: This study provides an overview of the composition of the raw root flesh of a panel of 22 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) cultivars, with a focus on bioactive compounds. The large diversity of the proximate and phytochemical composition...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plants and Plant-Based Foods for Metabolic Disease Prevention)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,981 Views
19 Pages

Insights into Carotenoid Biosynthesis Mechanisms in Three Fresh-Consumption Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Cultivars with Distinct Flesh Colors via Integrated Targeted Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses

  • Lingxiao Zhao,
  • Qinglian Li,
  • Lukuan Zhao,
  • Xibin Dai and ,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Bingqian Gao,
  • Shizhuo Xiao,
  • An Zhang,
  • Donglan Zhao and
  • Qinghe Cao
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

The sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) is a globally significant crop, valued for its nutritional and economic importance. The tuberous roots of the sweetpotato are rich in carotenoids, which contribute to their vibrant colors and health benefits...

(This article belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
16,249 Views
35 Pages

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam is a dicotyledonous plant originally from tropical regions, with China and Spain acting as the main producers from outside and within the EU, respectively. The root, including only flesh, is the edible part, and the peel, lea...

(This article belongs to the Section Extraction and Industrial Applications of Antioxidants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,481 Views
18 Pages

Physiological and Transcriptome Responses of Sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] to Weak-Light Stress

  • Jin Yang,
  • Huanhuan Qiao,
  • Chao Wu,
  • Hong Huang and ,
  • Claude Nzambimana,
  • Cheng Jiang,
  • Jichun Wang,
  • Daobin Tang,
  • Weiran Zhong and
  • Changwen Lyu
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

9 August 2024

In the relay intercropping system of maize/sweet potato, the growth of the sweet potatoes is seriously limited by weak light stress in the early stage due to shade from maize plants. However, it is not clear how the weak light affects sweet potatoes...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,604 Views
17 Pages

Optimization of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Chlorogenic Acid Extraction Process and Hypoglycemic Effect Study

  • Xiaofei Wang,
  • Jiayu Zhang,
  • Chen Yang,
  • Xiaohan Yu and ,
  • Dan Tian,
  • Mingli Han and
  • Na Xiao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 January 2026

Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is an active ingredient widely found in plants and has been shown to have potential blood-glucose-lowering effects. However, the research on the efficient extraction processes of CGA from sweet potatoes and its systematic mecha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
6,016 Views
19 Pages

Potassium Fertilization Stimulates Sucrose-to-Starch Conversion and Root Formation in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)

  • Yang Gao,
  • Zhonghou Tang,
  • Houqiang Xia,
  • Minfei Sheng and ,
  • Ming Liu,
  • Shenyuan Pan,
  • Zongyun Li and
  • Jingran Liu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

A field experiment was established to study sweet potato growth, starch dynamic accumulation, key enzymes and gene transcription in the sucrose-to-starch conversion and their relationships under six K2O rates using Ningzishu 1 (sensitive to low-K) an...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,049 Views
19 Pages

Protective Effects of a Standardized Water Extract from the Stem of Ipomoea batatas L. Against High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity

  • Chae-Won Lee,
  • Ye Seul Yoon,
  • Young-Seo Yoon,
  • Kyung-Sook Chung and ,
  • Mi-ju Kim,
  • Geonha Park,
  • Minsik Choi,
  • Young-Pyo Jang and
  • Kyung-Tae Lee
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

12 May 2025

Background/Objectives: Obesity is a major health concern that can lead to various chronic diseases. Little is known about the anti-obesity effect of a standardized hot water extract from the stems of Ipomoea batatas (WIB). This study aimed to evaluat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Foods and Nutritional and Botanical Supplements for the Enhancement of Human Health and Performance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,118 Views
16 Pages

3 May 2022

Root samples of sweet potato varieties originating from South Africa (‘Ndou’, ‘Bophelo’, ‘Monate’, and ‘Blesbok’), the USA (‘Beauregard’), and Peru (‘199062.1′) were analyzed usi...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Quality and Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
875 Views
29 Pages

Biofortification of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) in Cuba

  • Alfredo Morales,
  • Iván Javier Pastrana Vargas,
  • Dania Rodríguez,
  • Federico Diaz and ,
  • Peiyong Ma,
  • Zhaodong Jia,
  • Xiaofeng Bian,
  • José Efraín González,
  • Vaniert Ventura and
  • Amparo Rosero
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

A breeding program was established in Cuba using 19 full-sib families of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) introduced as botanical seed from the International Potato Center (CIP). The objective was to develop biofortified cultivars combining hi...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding)
  • Review
  • Open Access
77 Citations
17,685 Views
18 Pages

Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Phenotypes: From Agroindustry to Health Effects

  • Alberto A. Escobar-Puentes,
  • Iván Palomo,
  • Lyanne Rodríguez,
  • Eduardo Fuentes and ,
  • Mónica A. Villegas-Ochoa,
  • Gustavo A. González-Aguilar,
  • Francisco J. Olivas-Aguirre and
  • Abraham Wall-Medrano
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

6 April 2022

Sweet potato (SP; Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is an edible tuber native to America and the sixth most important food crop worldwide. China leads its production in a global market of USD 45 trillion. SP domesticated varieties differ in specific phenotyp...

(This article belongs to the Topic Frontiers in Phytochemicals)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
77 Citations
6,328 Views
13 Pages

Black spot disease, which is caused by the pathogenic fungal Ceratocystis fimbriata, seriously affects the production of sweet potato and its quality during postharvest storage. In this study, the preliminary identification of the rhizosphere actinom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antimicrobial Interventions for Raw and Processed Foods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
700 Views
25 Pages

The Effect of Cultivation Techniques on the Antioxidant Properties and Phenolic Acid Content in the Roots of Five Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Cultivars Grown Under the Climatic and Soil Conditions of Southeastern Poland

  • Barbara Krochmal-Marczak,
  • Tomasz Cebulak,
  • Ireneusz Kapusta,
  • Urszula Sadowska and ,
  • Jacek Słupski,
  • Barbara Sawicka,
  • Izabela Betlej,
  • Małgorzata Stryjecka,
  • Barbara Krzysztofik and
  • Anna Siwiec
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

28 April 2026

This study confirmed that cultivation technologies, cultivar, and meteorological conditions significantly influenced the contents of ascorbic acid, total polyphenols, and phenolic acids in sweet potato roots. Ascorbic acid content ranged from 27.22 t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Influence of Agronomic Practices and Environmental Conditions on Phytochemical Accumulation and Antioxidant Activity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,904 Views
20 Pages

Reclaiming Agriceuticals from Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) By-Products

  • Tiange Liu,
  • Qingtong Xie,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Jia Gu and ,
  • Dejian Huang and
  • Qinghe Cao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 April 2024

Sweetpotato (SP, Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) is a globally significant food crop known for its high nutritional and functional values. Although the contents and compositions of bioactive constituents vary among SP varieties, sweetpotato by-products (S...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,019 Views
12 Pages

18 February 2024

Sweet potato is a crop that is widely consumed all over the world and is thought to contribute to health maintenance due to its abundant nutrients and phytochemicals. Previous studies on the functionality of sweet potatoes have focused on varieties t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dietary Components and Immune Function)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,076 Views
13 Pages

A Public Mid-Density Genotyping Platform for Hexaploid Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam)

  • Dongyan Zhao,
  • Alexander M. Sandercock,
  • Maria Katherine Mejia-Guerra,
  • Marcelo Mollinari and ,
  • Kasia Heller-Uszynska,
  • Phillip A. Wadl,
  • Seymour A. Webster,
  • Craig T. Beil and
  • Moira J. Sheehan
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

9 August 2024

Small public breeding programs focused on specialty crops have many barriers to adopting technology, particularly creating and using genetic marker panels for genomic-based decisions in selection. Here, we report the creation of a DArTag panel of 312...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Genetic Breeding of Sweetpotato)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,699 Views
18 Pages

Genetic Diversity of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) from Portugal, Mozambique and Timor-Leste

  • Joana B. Guimarães,
  • Maria Cristina Simões-Costa,
  • Milton Pinho,
  • Celina Maria Godinho and ,
  • Paula Sá Pereira,
  • João Neves Martins,
  • Ana Ribeiro-Barros,
  • Pedro Talhinhas and
  • Maria Manuela Veloso
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

15 November 2025

Portugal contributed to the global diffusion of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.). Although it is of minor importance on the Portuguese mainland, it is one of the most common crops in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos and is highly relevant in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,413 Views
20 Pages

Inheritance of the Flesh Color and Shape of the Tuberous Root of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.)

  • Alfredo Morales,
  • Iván Javier Pastrana Vargas,
  • Dania Rodríguez del-Sol,
  • Orelvis Portal and ,
  • Yoel Beovides García,
  • Yuniel Rodríguez García,
  • Alay Jiménez Medina,
  • Yusbiel León Valdivies and
  • Vaniert Ventura Chávez
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

28 September 2024

The continued success of any conventional sweet potato breeding program is limited by knowledge of the inheritance of the traits under study, such as flesh color and tuberous root shape, because of the difficulty of segregating color frequencies by v...

(This article belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,126 Views
18 Pages

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Responses to Phosphorus Deficiency

  • Zhufang Yao,
  • Zhongxia Luo,
  • Hongda Zou,
  • Yiling Yang and ,
  • Bingzhi Jiang,
  • Lifei Huang and
  • Zhangying Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 July 2025

Phosphorus deficiency poses a significant challenge to the growth and productivity of crops, particularly in nutrient-poor soils. This study investigates the effects of phosphorus deficiency on the growth, endogenous phytohormones, metabolome, and tr...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,703 Views
23 Pages

12 March 2024

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is a strategic crop with both economic and energy value. However, improving sweetpotato varieties through traditional breeding approaches can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive process due to the complex genetic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Genetic Breeding of Sweetpotato)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,818 Views
8 Pages

Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Response to Incremental Application Rates of Potassium Fertilizer in Mississippi

  • Lorin M. Harvey,
  • Mark W. Shankle,
  • Callie J. Morris,
  • Mark A. Hall and ,
  • Amitava Chatterjee and
  • Kelsey M. Harvey
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Potassium (K) fertilization is a crucial component of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) production. The basis for K fertilizer recommendations in sweet potato production varies greatly and relies on studies conducted in the late 1950s–1970s. Ch...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,306 Views
17 Pages

Non-Destructive Allometric Models for Leaf Area Estimation in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) Cultivars

  • João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro,
  • Toshik Iarley da Silva,
  • Adriel Sousa Matos Silva,
  • Thainan Sipriano dos Santos and ,
  • Jean Telvio Andrade Ferreira,
  • Antonio Gideilson Correia da Silva,
  • Pablo Henrique de Almeida Oliveira,
  • Ester dos Santos Coêlho,
  • Elania Freire da Silva and
  • Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Leaf area (LA) is a fundamental growth variable for understanding physiological processes and crop yield, but direct measurements are often destructive and time-consuming. This study aimed to develop non-destructive allometric models for estimating t...

(This article belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
13,703 Views
14 Pages

Chemical Characterization and Antioxidant Properties of Ethanolic Extract and Its Fractions from Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Leaves

  • Chengcheng Zhang,
  • Daqun Liu,
  • Liehong Wu,
  • Jianming Zhang and ,
  • Xiaoqiong Li and
  • Weicheng Wu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 December 2019

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) leaf is a natural source of phenolic compounds with strong antioxidant activity and potential utility as an antioxidant. The aim of this study was to evaluate the polyphenol composition and antioxidant activities of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antioxidant Natural Products in Foods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
11,378 Views
21 Pages

The Effects of Temperature on the Quality and Storage Stalibity of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L. [Lam]) Grown in Central Europe

  • Barbara Krochmal-Marczak,
  • Barbara Sawicka,
  • Barbara Krzysztofik,
  • Honorata Danilčenko and
  • Elvyra Jariene

28 October 2020

The research focuses on the effects of temperature on the quality and storage stability of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. [Lam]). It is based on the results of a field experiment conducted between 2015–2017 in Żyznów (49°49′...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Technologies for Conservation, Protection, and Quality of Vegetables and Fruits in a Postharvest Period)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
455 Views
8 Pages

Node Position Determines Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) Cutting Performance: Toward a Targeted Inverted Planting Strategy

  • Alfredo Morales,
  • Dania Rodríguez,
  • Peiyong Ma,
  • Zhaodong Jia and ,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Shuai Liu,
  • Xiaofeng Bian,
  • Iván Javier Pastrana Vargas,
  • Yinhua Chen and
  • Luis Rodrigo Saa
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

22 August 2026

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) is a vital crop for food security, yet yields in Cuba remain below potential (2.5–10.0 t ha−1) due to suboptimal propagation practices. This study investigated the impact of nodal position (1–...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Plant Cultivation and Physiology of Horticultural Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,331 Views
16 Pages

5 December 2020

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) are important food crops worldwide, whose productivity is threatened by climatic constraints, namely drought. Data calibration, validation, and model development of h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Optical Spectroscopy in Plant Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,786 Views
14 Pages

Comparative Transcriptome Profiling Reveals the Genes Involved in Storage Root Expansion in Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)

  • Weihan Song,
  • Hui Yan,
  • Meng Ma,
  • Meng Kou and ,
  • Chen Li,
  • Wei Tang,
  • Yicheng Yu,
  • Qixian Hao,
  • Thanhliem Nguyen and
  • Qiang Li
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

27 June 2022

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is recognized as one of the most important root crops in the world by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The yield of sweetpotato is closely correlated with the rate of storage root (S...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics and Genomics of Sweet Potato)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,156 Views
32 Pages

Advances in Molecular Techniques for Detecting Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) Viruses: A Comprehensive Review

  • Muhammad Abul Kalam Azad,
  • Nanziba Ibnat,
  • Saleh Shafique Chowdhury,
  • Saaimatul Huq and
  • Shahidul Islam

18 August 2026

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is an important global food crop, but its production is threatened by numerous viral pathogens. More than 30 RNA and DNA viruses have been reported worldwide, making rapid and accurate detection essential for d...

(This article belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,791 Views
11 Pages

Genetic Diversity of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) Germplasms Collected Worldwide Using Chloroplast SSR Markers

  • Kyung Jun Lee,
  • Gi-An Lee,
  • Jung-Ro Lee,
  • Raveendar Sebastin and ,
  • Myoung-Jae Shin,
  • Gyu-Taek Cho and
  • Do Yoon Hyun
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 November 2019

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) is an important food crop widely cultivated in the world. In this study, nine chloroplast simple sequence repeat (cpSSR) markers were used to analyze the genetic diversity and relationships of 558 sweet potato ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,984 Views
18 Pages

Phytochemical Profiling and Antimicrobial Properties of Various Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Leaves Assessed by RP-HPLC-DAD

  • Tasbida Sultana,
  • Shahidul Islam,
  • Muhammad Abul Kalam Azad,
  • Md Jahurul Haque Akanda and ,
  • Atikur Rahman and
  • Md Sahidur Rahman
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 September 2024

This study aimed to investigate the leaves of six cultivars of Ipomoea batatas L. from the USA, focusing on their Total Polyphenol Content (TPC), Total Flavonoid Content (TFC), antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities. TPC and TFC ranged from 7.29 &...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods)
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,255 Views
19 Pages

Trend of Modification by Autoclave at Low Pressure and by Natural Fermentation in Sweet Potato and Cassava Starches

  • Giselle de Lima Paixão e Silva,
  • Juliana Aparecida Correia Bento,
  • Manoel Soares Soares Júnior and
  • Márcio Caliari

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas L.) and cassava (Manihot esculenta C.) are part of the largest food crops in many countries. They have good nutritional value because, in addition to containing vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, and anthocyanins in vari...

(This article belongs to the Collection Current Opinion in Polysaccharides)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
10,005 Views
18 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Nutrients, Phytochemicals, and Minerals in Colored Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Roots

  • Shan Zhao,
  • Lingli Zhong,
  • Xi Li,
  • Lin Qin and ,
  • Ya Zhou,
  • Xinyu Lei,
  • Xingguo Zheng,
  • Keting Jin,
  • Zhigang Pu and
  • Junyan Feng
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

14 November 2024

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) is regarded among the most crucial crops globally because it is abundant in essential nutrients vital for human health. However, limited comprehensive information is available regarding the nutritional composition o...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Nutrition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,351 Views
15 Pages

Transcriptome-Based WGCNA Analysis Reveals the Mechanism of Drought Resistance Differences in Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)

  • Jikai Zong,
  • Peitao Chen,
  • Qingqing Luo,
  • Jilong Gao and ,
  • Ruihua Qin,
  • Chunli Wu,
  • Qina Lv,
  • Tengfei Zhao and
  • Yufan Fu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

21 September 2023

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a globally significant storage root crop, but it is highly susceptible to yield reduction under severe drought conditions. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of sweetpotato resistance to drought stress i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crop Stress Biology and Molecular Breeding 3.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
612 Views
13 Pages

QTL Mapping and Candidate Gene Prediction for Crude Protein Content in Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)

  • Donglan Zhao,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Lingxiao Zhao,
  • Shizhuo Xiao and ,
  • Xibin Dai,
  • An Zhang,
  • Rui Yuan,
  • Yao Wang,
  • Qinglian Li and
  • Qinghe Cao
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

16 May 2026

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important multifunctional crop with great value in food supply, industrial processing and bioenergy utilization. Crude protein content (CPC) is a core target trait for sweetpotato quality breeding. To dis...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
  • Review
  • Open Access
129 Citations
43,593 Views
28 Pages

Sweet Potato Is Not Simply an Abundant Food Crop: A Comprehensive Review of Its Phytochemical Constituents, Biological Activities, and the Effects of Processing

  • Emily P. Laveriano-Santos,
  • Anallely López-Yerena,
  • Carolina Jaime-Rodríguez,
  • Johana González-Coria and ,
  • Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós,
  • Anna Vallverdú-Queralt,
  • Joan Romanyà and
  • Maria Pérez
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

25 August 2022

Nowadays, sweet potato (Ipomoea batata L.; Lam.) is considered a very interesting nutritive food because it is rich in complex carbohydrates, but as a tubercle, contains high amounts of health-promoting secondary metabolites. The aim of this review i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antioxidants in Fruits and Vegetables)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,424 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Characterization of Nitrogenase Reductase (nifH) Genes in the Sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] and Its Wild Ancestors

  • Zengzhi Si,
  • Chong Wang,
  • Mingming Zhao,
  • Zhixin Ji and ,
  • Yake Qiao and
  • Lianjun Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 August 2022

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important and widely grown crop, and the nitrogenase reductase (nifH) gene is the most widely sequenced marker gene used to identify nitrogen-fixing bacteria and archaea. There have been many example...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics and Genomics of Sweet Potato)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,993 Views
17 Pages

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effect of Lignin on Storage Roots Formation in Two Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Cultivars

  • Taifeng Du,
  • Zhen Qin,
  • Yuanyuan Zhou,
  • Lei Zhang and ,
  • Qingmei Wang,
  • Zongyun Li and
  • Fuyun Hou
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 June 2023

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is one of the most important crops with high storage roots yield. The formation and expansion rate of storage root (SR) plays a crucial role in the production of sweet potato. Lignin affects the SR formation;...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics and Genomics of Polyploid Plants)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,820 Views
21 Pages

Purple sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) genotype) in Southern Africa have a phytonutritional composition and antioxidant properties that can increase incomes and improve nutrition. This study compared the phytonutrient composition and antioxidant...

(This article belongs to the Section Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants)
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  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,936 Views
12 Pages

Leafy sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is an excellent source of nutritious greens and natural antioxidants, but reports on antioxidants content and activity at buds, leaves, petioles, and stems are scarce. Therefore, the total phenolics content (TP...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Natural Products from Plants and Associated Microbes)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,131 Views
16 Pages

19 July 2024

The yield of sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] can be easily threatened by drought stress. Typically, early stages like the seedling stage and tuber-root expansion stage are more vulnerable to drought stress. In this study, a highly drought-tol...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Genetic Breeding of Sweetpotato)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,111 Views
12 Pages

Widely Targeted Metabolomics Analyses Clarify the Biosynthetic Pathways Responsible for Flavonoids in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Storage Roots

  • Huiyu Gao,
  • Yuyang Zhang,
  • Qian Duan,
  • Qingming Ren and ,
  • Lin Deng,
  • Yiqiong Huo,
  • Bin Zhang and
  • Xiaoxi Zhen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

7 October 2023

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) are a widely cultivated member of the Convolvulaceae family. Despite intensive agricultural interest, the metabolic determinants of sweet potato quality remain poorly understood owing to a lack of reliable o...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Production)
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  • Open Access
307 Views
25 Pages

10 October 2026

This study evaluated the physicochemical, functional, pasting, and thermal properties and digestibility of precooked unripe plantain (Musa paradisiaca L. cv. Hartón) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas cv. Agrosavia Aurora) flours. Both raw mate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fruit and Vegetable Quality, Bioactive Compounds, and Nutritional Value: 3rd Edition)
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  • Open Access
1,004 Views
25 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the HD-ZIP Genes in Sweet Potato and Functional Role of IbHD-ZIP61 in Anthocyanin Accumulation and Salt Stress Tolerance

  • Chen Chen,
  • Qing Zhang,
  • Ying Peng,
  • Chao Liu and ,
  • Tayachew Admas,
  • Lianjun Wang,
  • Xinsun Yang and
  • Wenying Zhang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

8 February 2026

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is a vital dual-use crop, with some varieties being used as leafy vegetables that are rich in anthocyanins. Nevertheless, salinity stress is a challenge to their production. Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) gene f...

(This article belongs to the Collection Crop Breeding for Stress Tolerance)
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  • Open Access
242 Views
21 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Validation of the Cold-Tolerance WRKY Transcription Factor in Sweetpotato

  • Wenhui Yu,
  • Zhechen Ma,
  • Lukuan Zhao,
  • Yang Liu and ,
  • Bingqian Gao,
  • Shizhuo Xiao,
  • Rong Jin,
  • Xibin Dai,
  • Yanmei Zhang and
  • Qinghe Cao
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

2 October 2026

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a vital global food crop whose production and geographical distribution are severely constrained by low-temperature stress. While WRKY transcription factors are known to regulate plant stress responses, thei...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,682 Views
15 Pages

Application of Grafting Method in Resistance Identification of Sweet Potato Virus Disease and Resistance Evaluation of Elite Sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] Varieties

  • Hong Huang,
  • Haohao Han,
  • Yayun Lei,
  • Huanhuan Qiao and ,
  • Daobin Tang,
  • Yonghui Han,
  • Zhenpeng Deng,
  • Limin Mao,
  • Xuli Wu and
  • Changwen Lv
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

20 February 2023

Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) is one of the main virus diseases in sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] that seriously affects the yield of sweet potato. Therefore, the establishment of a simple, rapid and effective method to detect SPVD is of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics, Molecular Breeding, and Biotechnology for Tuber Crop Improvement)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,642 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Process Parameters on the Color Quality of Anthocyanin-Based Colorants from Conventional and Microwave-Assisted Aqueous Extraction of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Leaf Varieties

  • Jin Mark D. G. Pagulayan,
  • Aprille Suzette V. Mendoza,
  • Fredelyn S. Gascon,
  • Jan Carlo C. Aningat and ,
  • Abigail S. Rustia and
  • Casiana Blanca J. Villarino
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 November 2020

The study aimed to evaluate the effects of process parameters (time and raw material weight (RMW)) of conventional (boiling for 10–45 min) and microwave-assisted (2–8 min) aqueous extraction on the color quality (i.e., lightness (L*), chroma (C*...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods)
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  • Open Access
500 Views
13 Pages

20 September 2026

Excessive vegetative growth in sweet potato often disrupts source–sink relationships, reducing assimilate allocation to storage roots in containerized systems. This study evaluated the effects of paclobutrazol (PBZ)—a gibberellin biosynth...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,764 Views
21 Pages

2 August 2025

Drought stress severely limits the productivity of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.), yet the stage-specific molecular mechanisms of its adaptation remain poorly understood. Therefore, we integrated transcriptomics and extensive targeted metabolomics...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

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