红薯地方品种是红薯新品种选育的宝贵资源。我省红薯地方品种资源征集整理工作从1955年开始,到1983年曾先后进行过多次。1955—1962年在红薯主产区的阳新、长阳、恩施、郧县等16县收集品种材料68份,由原省农科所杂粮研究室初步整理为48份,“文化大革命”后只剩下了7份;1973—1978年又到阳新、大冶等5县进行征集。1979—1980年,我院品种资源研究室组织全省农作物品种资源普查,收到红薯地方品种59份。1981年本组征集了34份,同时将前后 Sweet potato varieties are sweet potato breeding new resources. Collection of local varieties of sweet potato resources in our province began collecting work from 1955 to 1983 has been conducted several times. From 1955 to 1962, 68 varieties of cultivars were collected from 16 counties including Yangxin, Changyang, Enshi and Yunxian in the main producing areas of sweet potato. 48 varieties were initially sorted out by the original grain and agronomic institutes, and only remained after the “Cultural Revolution” 7 copies; 1973-1978 went to Yangxin, Daye and other 5 counties for collection. From 1979 to 1980, the Institute of Species Resources in our hospital organized a survey of crop varieties and resources in the province, receiving 59 varieties of sweet potato. In 1981 this group solicited 34 copies, both before and after