The workshop was a separate session of the conference organised by the University of Szeged Faculty of Agriculture on the occasion of the Celebration of the Hungarian Science.

13.00-14.40 INTERNATIONAL SWEET POTATO WORKSHOP

Program of the EIP-AGRI project:

DEVELOPMENT OF SITE- AND CULTIVAR-SPECIFIC CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTION OF PATHOGEN-FREE PROPAGATING MATERIAL OF SWEET POTATO

13.00-13.20

Tamás Monostori:  The cultural history of sweet potato in the light of an EIP-AGRI project

13.20-13.40

Adrienn Szarvas:  The development of the cultivation technology of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) and the investigation of its application possibilities

13.40-14.00

Ádám Bordé: Development of a microbe-based foliar treatment composition

14.00-14.10

Yi Hou: Sweet potato production in China

14.10-14.20

Linh Ha Vinh, Sang Le Vinh: Sweet potato production in Vietnam

14.20-14.30

Gabriel Martins de Amorim, Alex Pinheiro: Sweet potato production in Brasil

14.30-14.40

Elsa Maria Arriaran Silva: Sweet potato production in Peru