ARS | Publication request: RESISTANCE OF SWEETPOTATO GENOTYPES TO SOIL INSECTS, CHARLESTON, S.C., 2008

Submitted to: National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group Progress Report
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: January 19, 2009
Publication Date: January 31, 2009
Citation: Jackson, D.M. 2009. Resistance of Sweetpotato Genotypes to Soil Insects, Charleston, S.C., 2008. National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group Progress Report. Pgs 44-45 In K. Pecota (ed.).

Technical Abstract: Four insect susceptible cultivars (‘Beauregard’ [B63], 'Beauregard' [B94-14], ‘Liberty’, and 'SC 1149-19'), two insect-resistant cultivars ('Charleston Scarlet' and ‘Ruddy’), and 7 regional genotypes from the 2008 National Sweetpotato Collaborator Trials were evaluated for insect resistance in replicated field trials at Charleston, SC. Four sweetpotato entries had a significantly lower WDS index (Wireworm, Diabrotica, Systena) rating than ‘SC1149 19’, and the highest levels of WDS resistance were for Murasaki-29 (L01-29) and the resistant check cultivars ‘Ruddy’ and ‘Charleston Scarlet’. Nine genotypes had significantly less damage by flea beetles, seven genotypes had significantly less damage by grubs, and six genotypes had significantly less damage by sweetpotato weevils than did ‘SC1149-19’. The ‘Beauregard’ clone B94-14 was inexplicably much more resistant to insects than expected in 2008.