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[image: Louisiana Agriculture Magazine][image: Louisiana Agriculture Magazine] [image: Louisiana Agriculture Magazine][image: Louisiana Agriculture Magazine] [image: Louisiana Agriculture Magazine][image: download pdf issue] ON THE COVER: Don LaBonte and Tara Smith are two of the LSU AgCenter faculty members who devote their careers to enhancing and expanding the sweet potato industry in Louisiana. LaBonte is a horticulture professor in the School of Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences, and Smith is extension specialist and coordinator of the Sweet Potato Research Station in Chase, La. They are in a greenhouse at the station. Photo by John Wozniak in this issue: Commercialization of Intellectual Property at the LSU AgCenter Linda Foster Benedict The Sky's the Limit: Change in the Sweet Potato Industry Tara P. Smith and Don LaBonte Happy 60th Birthday: Sweet Potato Research Station and Foundation Seed Program, 1949-2009 Tara P. Smith, Don LaBonte, Christopher A. Clark and Arthur Villordon Breeding High-yielding, Delicious Sweet Potatoes Don LaBonte A really SWEET sweet potato – that’s Evangeline Don LaBonte, Christopher A. Clark, Arthur Villordon and Tara P. Smith Virus-tested foundation seed works Christopher A. Clark, Tara P. Smith and Donald M. Ferrin Sweet potatoes get grades Tara P. Smith Managing Rhizopus Soft Rot on Sweet Potatoes Christopher A. Clark, Donald M. Ferrin, Don R. LaBonte, David H. Picha, Tara P. Smith and Arthur Villordon Sweet Potato Scientist: Chris Clark devotes career to better production, higher yields Craig Gautreaux How to Grow Sweet Potatoes ‘Or you can call me Yam. . .’ Randy LaBauve Research Verification Program for Louisiana Sweet Potato Production Tara P. Smith, Kurt M. Guidry, Myrl Sistrunk, Gerald Roberts, Vincent Deshotel and Eugene Burris Nutraceutical Compounds and Antioxidant Content of Sweet Potatoes David H. Picha and Malkeet S. Padda Resistant Starch and the Sweet Potato Joan M. King Individual Shrink-wrapping of Sweet Potatoes: An Emerging Value-added Marketing Technique David H. Picha GIS/GPS Techniques help evaluate soil insect and nematode pest control strategies in sweet potatoes Eugene Burris, Dennis Burns, Tara P. Smith, Charles Overstreet and Maurice C. Wolcott Season-long Management of the Banded Cucumber Beetle in Louisiana Sweet Potatoes Abner M. Hammond, Rick Story, Tara P. Smith and Jeff Murray Nitrogen Management: New Insights and Opportunities Arthur Villordon, Don LaBonte and Tara P. Smith Harvesting Sweet Potatoes Tara P. Smith Managing Weeds in Louisiana Sweet Potatoes Donnie K. Miller and Tara P. Smith Ornamental sweet potato options continue to expand Allen D. Owings What’s New?