Pot experiments were used to screen Five Golden sweet potato varieties for drought resistance. Two water regimes were applied, control (maintained by regular watering at or close to field capacity) and water stressed plants (saturated and allowed to dry gradually to permanent wilting point). Plant Dry leaf mass, main stem length, internode length, all decreased in response to the water stress. Leaf water potential reduced dramatically when water supply was cut off, but there was no statistical difference across cultivars in both control and water stressed treatments. The cultivar ST-14 demonstrated more significantly developed drought resistance characteristics than the other cultivars.