Rural Development Institute in South Korea: Preliminary demand survey for sweet potato disease-free seedlings

(Korea Agricultural News = Reporter Kim Eun-jin) The Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency (Director Ahn Ho-geun) is conducting a preliminary demand survey for plug seedlings (pot seedlings) to produce and distribute disease-free sweet potato seedlings in 2024. The preliminary demand survey period is until November 30th, and applications can be made through organizations such as city/county agricultural technology centers in your area of residence. The Rural Development Institute only distributes domestic varieties, and the four varieties developed by the Rural Development Administration are ‘Sodammi’, ‘Jinyulmi’, ‘Hogammi’, and ‘Hopungmi’. ‘Sodammi’ is a honey sweet potato variety that has a strong sweet taste and excellent taste. ‘Beniharuka’ can be replaced with a new variety registered in 2020. ‘Jinyulmi’ is a chestnut sweet potato variety that has good yield, can be harvested early, and has good storage properties, ranking first in the market share of chestnut sweet ...