Ipomoea batatas, popularly known as sweet potato, is a species of the Convolvulaceae family, with probable origin between Mexico and northern South America. Among genotypes economic potential, biofortified cultivar Beauregard (Ipomoea batatas) stands out due to its rusticity easy handling. Controlled-release fertilizers were mostly used in studies developed other countries, their study being ne...

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is mostly grown in Asia, which accounts for 86% of global production. However, its production under threat by salinity. Little known about genotypic responses to salinity sweet potato. Phenotypic or physiological processes linked salt tolerance that could be developed into a reliable screening tool assist breeding have not yet been In hydroponic cultivation sys...

Carbon monoxide (CO), one of the haem oxygenase (HO) products, plays important roles in plant development and stress adaptation. However, the function of CO involved in wounding responses is seldom studied. A wound-inducible gene, ipomoelin (IPO), of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas cv. Tainung 57) was used as a target to study the regulation of CO in wounding responses. After wounding for 1h, the...

Purple sweet potato leaf (Ipomoea batatas L.) is one of the plants that has begun to be used as a traditional or herbal medicine. This study aims determine content secondary metabolites from purple leaves. research was conducted at Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty Tarbiyah, State Islamic University Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh with laboratory testing methods. leaves were extracted by maceration using 5 L ...

BACKGROUND Anthocyanins have been proven to be beneficial to the eyes. However, information is scarce about the effects of purple sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas, L.) anthocyanin (PSPA), a class of anthocyanins derived from purple sweet potato roots, on visual health. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether PSPA could have influences on the growth characteristics (cellular mo...