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1. Insect Resistance in Traditional and Heirloom Sweetpotato Varieties

Author:
Jackson D. Michael; Harrison Howard F.
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2013 v.106 no.3 pp. 1456-1462
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
Agricultural Research Service; Chaetocnema confinis; Cylas formicarius elegantulus; Diabrotica; Elateridae; Phyllophaga; Systena; beetle infestations; breeding programs; cultivars; field experimentation; genotype; germplasm; insect larvae; insect pests; insect resistance; roots; soil insects; sweet potatoes; South Carolina
Abstract:
... Fifty-nine sweetpotato cultivars, including 16 heirlooms, 11 near-heirlooms (developed in the 1960s and 1970s), 19 cultivars from the 1980s, and 13 modern varieties (since 1990), were evaluated for resistance to soil insects in field experiments during 2010–2011 at the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (USDA-ARS, USVL), Charleston, SC. These exp ...

2. Relative Susceptibility of Two Sweetpotato Varieties to Storage Root Damage by Sweetpotato Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Author:
Abney, Mark R.; Kennedy, George G.
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2011 v.104 no.1 pp. 143-148
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
Chaetocnema confinis; Elateridae; Ipomoea batatas; growers; insects; planting; roots; soil; surveys; sweet potatoes
Abstract:
... The feeding of soil dwelling insects on storage roots is one of the most serious management issues faced by sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae), growers in the southern United States. Field studies were conducted to evaluate the relative susceptibility of two commonly grown sweetpotato varieties to sweetpotato flea beetle, Chaetocnema confinis Crotch (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) ...
DOI:
10.1603/EC10196
PubMed:
21404851