Brazil highlights qualities and characteristics of new purple-fleshed sweet potato cultivar

Published Jan 4, 2022

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A new purple pulp sweet potato cultivar, BRS Anembé, has been developed by Embrapa Hortaliças, a Brazilian agricultural research institution. The cultivar was selected for its good agronomic performance, high dry matter content, and suitability for both industrial processing and culinary use. It has shown adaptability and consistency across different regions in Brazil, and is expected to increase the value of sweet potato products. The cultivar is among three new sweet potato technologies put up for public offering by Embrapa in 2021.

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Original content

The new purple pulp sweet potato cultivar is the focus of the publication which presents BRS Anembé, its characteristics and suitability for various uses, from the field to the table. Produced by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Embrapa Hortaliças (Brasília-DF), the Technical Communication (CT) highlights the agronomic qualities of the cultivar, as well as its performance observed in experiments installed in different regions of Brazil. The growth of the market and the demands of the production chain were the driving forces behind the research work aimed at the development of purple pulp cultivars. The history of BRS Anembé begins in 2013, when the first experiments to select purple pulp genotypes were started at Embrapa Hortaliças. In 2017, six more productive genotypes were selected and, following the work plan, in 2018 and 2019 trials were installed in Brasília (DF), Canoinhas (SC), Estiva (MG), Petrolina (PE) and Uruana ( GO). In Presidente Prudente (SP), one of ...

Source: Embrapa