Avaliação preliminar de introduções de batata doce a parâmetros agronômicos e a aspectos comerciais e culinárias

Abstract

In order to evaluate varieties of sweet potato with good agronomic characteristics and with satisfactory commercial and cooking aspects, in 1986/87 an experiment was conducted at IAPAR Experimental Station of Ponta Grossa, Paraná. Twenty varieties were tested and selected for root productivity. The harvest was made 245 days after planting. The main parameters studied were: plant population, root productivity, uniformity and frequency of the commercial roots, time of cooking and quality of the cooked polp. In the conditions of this trial the varieties Rio Azul 11, Bolinha, Feira SP, Roxa comum and Agora é nossa rated as the best.