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Diseases affecting this crop.

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• Diseases of Sweetpotato

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/commonnames/Pages/Sweetpotato.aspx
  Provides the common names of the bacterial, fungal, nematode, viral and other diseases that affect the plant.

• Fusarium Wilt (Stem Rot)

  http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1436132
  Photograph of lesions on sweet potato stems caused by Fusarium oxysporum sp. batatas.

• Nematode Management in Sweet Potatoes

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/NG030
  Information on general IPM considerations, symptoms, damage, field diagnosis and sampling, general management considerations and chemical control.

• Streptomyces soil rot of sweetpotato

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/oldnotes/vg3.htm
  Symptoms of this widespread and destructive disease, its cause and development, and its management.

• Sweetpotato Scurf

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/oldnotes/no103.htm
  Information on this disease caused by the fungus Monilochaetes infuscans, and how to manage it.

• Sweetpotato Weevil: Cylas formicarius

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/potato/sweetpotato_weevil.htm
  Information, management and references for this serious worldwide pest.

 

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