List of sweet potato cultivars

People grow sweet potato in many parts of the world, including New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, China, and North America.

[2] People breed sweet potatoes mainly either for food (their nutritious storage roots) or for their attractive vines.

Sweet potato plants with desirable traits are selectively bred to produce new cultivars.

A yam tuber is starchier, dryer, and often larger than the storage root of a sweet potato, and the skin is more coarse.

An agricultural experiment station (AES) is a research center where scientists work to increase the quality and quantity of food production.

Trumpet-shaped flowers and large, heart-shaped leaves emerge the stems of a sweet potato plant.
A sweet potato plant in bloom at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology botanical garden
Close-up view of a pile of golden sweet potato roots
Edible sweet potato roots photographed in Karlsruhe , Germany