Sweetpotato

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 112 min read

LSU AgCenter transitions sweetpotato growers from seed to clean plants

The Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station was established in 1949. Dr. Julian C. Miller, the first...

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 112 min read

In Memorium: Dr. Deborah Golino

This last December the National Clean Plant Network lost one of it’s founding leaders and stalwart supporters. Deborah Golino played a...

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 111 min read

Remembering Tammy Abernethy

Micropropagation and Repository Unit (MPRU) colleagues are mourning the loss of Tamara Abernethy. Tammy retired from the MPRU in 2021...

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 111 min read

MPRU supports North Carolina State breeding program and certified Sweetpotato growers

The Micropropagation and Repository Unit (MPRU) continues to provide cleanup services for five advance selections to the NC State...

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 112 min read

NCPN Economic Studies Show Positive Potential of Clean Plants

Foundation Plant Services has teamed with UC Cooperative Extension advisor Scott Stoddard to conduct virus testing as part of an NCPN-SP...

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 112 min read

Capacity-building Efforts between NCPN-SP and the CleanSEED Program

The mission of NCPN-SP is to “conduct diagnostic and pathogen elimination services and to establish foundational planting stock of...

Debbie Woodbury

Mar 112 min read

University of Arkansas Continues to Meet Expansion of Sweetpotato Industry

In Arkansas, sweetpotato production has been growing steadily, increasing in production from 3,000 acres in 2009 to 5,200 acres in 2023....