Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is an edible dicotyledon crop that belongs to the Convolvulaceae family. It is an excellent source of carbohydrates and a major food resource in Korea, along with rice and soybean. It is widely used as a functional food owing to its high content of not only carbohydrates but also phenolic compounds, carotenoids, vitamin C, anthocyanins, various minerals, and dietary fiber, and it is the 7th largest crop in the world (Bovell-Benjamin, 2007).Sweet potato has attracted a lot of attention because it is a crop that has simultaneously solved energy, food, and environmental problems of the 21st century owing to its strong environmental adaptability, and its roots, stems, and leaves can be consumed (Ishida et al., 2000). In addition, sweet potato is a food with high utility value because it is used for producing food, snacks, processed foods, vegetables, industrial products, and feed (O'Hair, 1984).The shape of sweet potato is largely divided into aboveground and underground parts. The aboveground part is composed of leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds, while the underground part is composed of roots. Sweet potato tips, which are 10 to 15 cm from the end of the stem, and leaves and stalks, which are among the shoots, are grown 50 to 60 days after tubers are directly cut into the field. Sweet potato tips can be harvested 8-10 times during the cultivation period, and the total yield is very high (130-180 t/ha) and has the advantage of easy harvesting (Lee, Park, et al., 2007). In recent years, the whole plant, tubers, tips, and stems of sweet potato