Resistance of Sweet Potato Lines to Infestations of Sweet Potato Weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Summers)1

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1 August 1981

journal article
Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience

Vol. 16 (4) , 539-540
https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.16.4.539

Abstract

Forty-five lines of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) were rated for resistance to the sweet potato weevil in artificially infested fields at Savannah, Georgia and at Yoakum, Texas. Ten lines were resistant in Savannah, 16 lines in Yoakum, and 3 lines were resistant in both locations.

Keywords

SWEET POTATO
INFESTATIONS
YOAKUM
SAVANNAH
ARTIFICIALLY INFESTED
FORMICARIUS ELEGANTULUS
TEN LINES
CYLAS FORMICARIUS

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