Resistance of White-fleshed Sweet Potato Cultivars to the Sweet Potato Weevil1
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- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience
- Vol. 13 (4) , 476-477
- https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.13.4.476
Abstract
Five cultivars and 34 selections of white-fleshed and one breeding line of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) were evaluated in field plots for resistance to the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicaius elegantulus (Summers). There were significant differences in susceptibility, with ‘Picadita’ and several selections being the most promising. The variation in weevil susceptibility offers possibilities for developing resistant cultivars.Keywords
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