A New Sweetpotato Variety for Raw Eating and Processing, “Happymi”

Abstract

Happymi is a new sweetpotato variety developed from Mokpo Experiment Station, National Institute of Crop Science(NICS), RDA in 2004, which was for the raw eating and processing. This variety was selected from the cross between Chinmi and-ried out from 1999 to 2001. The regional yield trials were conducted at six locations from 2002 to 2004. Happymi has cordateshape of leaf, green vine and petiole, elliptic shape of storage root, brown skin and light orange color flesh of storage root. The.Number of storage roots over 50 gram per plant was 4.1, and the average weight of one storage root was 162 gram. This variety isresistant to Fusarium wilt and nematode.