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Sweet Potato: Origins and Development

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  1. Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, USA

    Adelia C. Bovell-Benjamin

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Bovell-Benjamin, A.C. (2014). Sweet Potato: Origins and Development. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2189

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