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In subsistence farming, sweet potatoes are commonly left in the ground and eaten or sold directly following harvest; this is called piecemeal or sequential harvesting. [11] Sweet potatoes are delicate and easily damaged. [3] [4] [8] In-ground storage is used to protect the tubers while reducing the work required to set up storage facilities.
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Sweet potatoes are susceptible to a number of diseases during the postharvest storage period and during shipping. [1] [2] The most common are Rhizopus soft rot (Rhizopus stolonifer), bacterial soft rot (Erwinia chrysanthemii), Fusarium root rot (Fusarium solani), Fusarium surface rot (Fusarium oxysporum), and black rot (Ceratocystis fimbriata).
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Sweet potato was not often stored on Rapa Nui, instead typically eaten directly after harvesting. [44] Occasionally sweet potatoes were stored for festivals or ceremonies, by drying large tubers in the sun, then burying them in soil for up to one month. [44] Sweet potatoes were eaten raw or cooked. [27]
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Sweet potato sprouting "slips" Sweet potato harvest in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. Depending on the cultivar and conditions, tuberous roots mature in two to nine months. With care, early-maturing cultivars can be grown as an annual summer crop in temperate areas, such as the Eastern United States and China.
A sweet potato casserole recipe might call for three pounds, or about 48 ounces, of sweet potatoes. By Burgess’s estimation, that should equate to 9 to 12 servings. By Burgess’s estimation ...