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Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM

AgCenter unlocks secrets for sweet potato yields

AgCenter unlocks secrets for sweet potato yields
LSU doctoral students Marissa Barbosa, at left, and Lisa Arce hold up bushels of sweet potatoes. Barbosa has the variety Bayou Belle and Arce holds up the variety Evangeline. The two were showing that Bayou Belle requires less phosphorus than Evangeline. (Randy LaBauve/LSU AgCenter)

Tobie Blanchard

LSU AgCenter

Baton Rouge — A dedicated group of researchers are behind the sweet potato casserole that will grace many Louisiana tables on Thanksgiving. At the LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station, scientists have developed sweet potato varieties that have ample sweetness for consumers, ideal shape for processors and high yields for farmers.

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