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    <title>LSU AgCenter . Sweet Potatoes</title>
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      <title>Environmental Best Management Practices for Sweet Potato Cultivation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sweet potatoes are an important commodity in Louisiana. These best management practices, also known as BMPs, provide sweet potato growers guidelines on what practices they can implement to reduce the effect agricultural practices may have on the environment. (PDF Format Only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Sweet Potato Variety Descriptions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Information about sweet potato varieties and summary data on susceptibility/resistance to common diseases. Varieties of sweet potatoes include: Evangeline Sweet Potato™, Bonita, Murasaki-29, Beauregard "B-63", Beauregard "B-14", O-Henry, Bienville, Hernandez, Heartogold,  Porto Rico (PR-6), Texas Porto Rico (TX PR), Jewel,LA 07-146, Orleans . - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Sweet Potato Diseases</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:55:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Provides information and symptions related to several common diseases in sweet potatoes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CClark@agcenter.lsu.edu (Christopher A. Clark)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Curing and Storing Sweet Potatoes</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Sweet potatoes are not very sweet or moist when first dug. It takes six to eight weeks of proper curing and storage before they have the sweet, moist taste and texture desired when baked, says LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Tom Koske. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Nematodes in Sweet Potatoes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:48:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Nematodes are a serious pest to both our sweet potato industry and for those people growing them in a home garden. These pests affect the total production and quality of the sweet potato. Since the damage occurs to roots below ground, they are often not recognized as being a problem. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>The Sweet Truth about Sweet Potato Production in Louisiana</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:45:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How do sweet potatoes get from the field to your table? This video explains the amazing multi-step, labor intensive process to producing sweet potatoes. It's your chance to learn the "sweet truth" about sweet potato production in Louisiana. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Reducing Damage to Sweet Potatoes on the Sweet Potato Packing Line</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:32:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The market demand for uniform appearance of sweet potatoes often brings about the use of long and complicated packing lines to allow for grading and sizing of the roots. This unfortunately results in many opportunities for mechanical damage to the roots including skinning, cuts, bruises and breaking of ends that detract from the appearance of the roots and increase the possibility of disease development. Use these recommendations to reduce damage on packing lines.  (PDF format only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Sanitation in the Sweet Potato Packinghouse</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:48:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The proper curing, storage and handling of sweet potatoes are the first steps in the management of post-harvest diseases. The importance of packinghouse sanitation should not be overlooked, however.  Use these recommendations to prevent sanitation problems in your packinghouse. (PDF Format Only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Sweet potato, rice crops take hit from Gustav</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 09/11/08) Earl Fontenot may have to wait a month before any losses are apparent in his sweet potato crop after Hurricane Gustav. “It’s too early to tell if we’re going to have some loss,” he said. “But it’s not looking good. They are under stressful conditions now.” - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Weed Management in Sweet Potatoes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:09:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Effective weed management is a critical aspect to successful sweet potato production since weeds compete for nutrients, water and sunlight and impair crop yield and quality. Perennial weed management, preplant burndown and in-season management included. (PDF format only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>AgCenter Faculty Meet In ‘Food Summit’</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Stressing that production agriculture alone is not enough to sustain rural economies, a leading food science expert said farm productivity needs to be converted to consumer-ready products. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Error@agcenter.lsu.edu (Error)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Irrigation Pond Saves Groundwater</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Irrigation ponds can irrigate fields during the summer without resorting to pumping water from wells. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>RHutchinson@agcenter.lsu.edu (Robert L. Hutchinson)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Sweet Potato News</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:39:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Louisiana Sweet Potato News aims to update and inform all those associated with or interested in Louisiana sweet potatoes. Among the topics featured in this newsletter are such items as crop profiles, information related to various aspects of sweet potato production, the latest details on insect, weed and disease management, and current industry news and events. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Sweet Potato New Varieties Get Patents</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 04/08/04) Two sweet potato varieties developed by the LSU AgCenter recently were awarded U.S. patents – the first ones given to sweet potatoes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DLabonte@agcenter.lsu.edu (Don R. Labonte)</dc:creator>
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