| Studies on the main characters of sweet potatos is the important theoretic foundation of the varietal breeding and popularization.The test, through abroad and deep research on the main characters of XiangNongHuangPi, Chuanshanzi , Xiangshu No 15, Riyin No 1, Riyin No 2, Xushu No 18, Xiangcaishu No 1, Ningyuan white sweet potato, Jiangyong Ziyun, 83-2146 and other 10 distinctive varieties of sweet potatoes, proves up the germination habits, characteristic performance of production, main quality characters and agronomy characters of the above ten varieties of sweet potatoes.The result indicates that of the ten varieties the germination speeds of Riyin No 2, XiangNongHuangPi, Xushu No 18, 83-2146 and Jiangyong Ziyun are fast and concentrated. Xiangshu No 15, Xushu No 18 , Jiangyong Ziyun, and Riyin No 2 can germinate more buds and seedlings.The output characters of the ten distinctive varieties of sweet potatoes provided for test have great differences. We can take the circumstances into consideration to select a certain variety according to the demands of target during the breeding of the new varieties of sweet potatoes.During growing period, cutting vines can improve the total amount of vines to different extents. The vine outputs of the ten distinctive varieties of sweet potatoes can be ranked as follows: Xiangcaishu No 1 >, Riyin No Z>Jiangyong Ziyun> Ningyuan white sweet potato>83-2146 >XiangNongHuangPi>Xushu No 18 > Chuanshanzi>Riyin No 1> Xiangshu No 15. During the growing period, cutting vines several times will decrease the output of sweet potatoes to different extents. The output of ten distinctive varieties of sweet potatoes can be ranked as follows: Ningyuan white sweet potato, Riyin No 2>83-2146>Xiangcaishu No l>Xushu No 18 > Xiangshu No 15, Chuanshanzi > XiangNongHuangPi, Jiangyong Ziyun> Riyin No 1.Of the ten distinctive varieties of sweet potatoes, Ningyuan white sweet potato and Riyin No 2 can not only improve vine output greatly and also affect the potato output little under the condition of cutting vines during growing period. They are two varieties of relatively endurable vine-cutting. Xiangcaishu No 1, Ningyuan white sweet potato and Riyin No1 show strong ramification habits and high vine output. So they can be developed as vegetable variety.Cutting vines several times has less effect on the fresh potato output of XiangNongHuangPi, Jiangyong Ziyun, Ningyuan white sweet potato, and Riyin No 2. They show relatively strong endurable vine-cutting habit. This point has a significant meaning for those vast montamic peasants who want to develop cultivation industry. At the same time they can be selected as the germ plasm resource of endurable vine-cutting variety.The quality difference of the distinctive sweet potato varieties is remarkable. The amount of sugar of 83-2146, and Riyin No 2 excels other varieties. The difference is obvious. However, the amounts of sugar of Xushu No 18 and Riyin 1 are relatively lower.The contained starch rate of Chuanshanzi achieves 20. 67%, obviously excelling other varieties. The difference is obvious. However, the contained starch rate Riyin No 2 and Ningyuan white sweet potato are relatively lower.The assessed results made by experts of the quality of fresh potato and cooked potato show that according to the six indexes drawn by the writer, 83-2146, Riyin No 2, Xiangcaishu No 1 and Jiangyong Ziyun have relatively better quality under the fresh condition. The integrated scores of the four varieties are all above 70. Xiangnonghuangpi and Xushu No 18 have worse quality of fresh. 83-2146, Xiangcaishu No 1 and Chuanshanzi have better quality under the cooked condition. The integrated scores of the above three varieties are all above 65. Xushu No 18 and Xiangnonghuangpi have worse cooked quality.In a word, the main characters of the ten distinctive sweet potato varieties are obvious and they can selected as the important germ plasm resource of the new varieties of the distinctive sweet potatoes. In particular, Xiangcaishu No 1, 83-2146 and Riyin No 2 have... |