New Management Tool For Soil Insects in Sweetpotatoes

With the loss of essential chemistries from the market, growers are looking for new management tools for their toolbox when controlling soil-dwelling insects.

North Carolina leads the United States in sweetpotato production, followed by California and Mississippi (USDA-NASS,2023)1. With acres up for sweetpotato production, the industry still faces many challenges, above and below ground 2. Growers face many pest pressures from nematodes, weeds, and root-feeding insects that cause significant yiel