177 17 breeding improved sweetpotato varieties in indonesia muhammad jusuf abstract before 2000 programs were directed at improving yield and tolerance to stress environments scab diseases weevil from 1970 1995 the central research institute for food crops crifc only released six namely daya 1978 prambanan 1982 mendut 1989 borobudur kalasan 1991 muara takus 1994 roots of these poor quality wet type as such poorly adopted by farmers has long been used industrial purposes feed production however is stagnant due relatively low consumer demand recently swetpotato s use decreased while its processes increased increasing agroprocessing crop can become a value added commodity that will benefit rural enterprises consumers most now cultivated have dry matter dm content 22 30 too them be raw material processing industry which prefers root above 35 percent this end higher good eating early maturity
