Abstract
Studies were conducted to examine the characteristics of infestation of vines of sweet potato plants by the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius (F.). The use of terminal tender vine cuttings, taken even from heavily weevil‐infested sweet potato, to grow a new crop and planting such a crop in plots surrounded by barriers to reduce weevil migration from the outside to the newly planted area, produced a practically weevil‐free crop. On the contrary, crop planted to old vine cuttings in an open field was severely damaged by the weevil. Consequently, crop planted using tender vine cuttings produced significantly more root yield than the one planted to old vine cuttings, irrespective of whether the planting was done in an open field or in an insect‐protected field. Sweet potato weevil infestation of 1‐ to 8‐week‐old plants increased significantly with plant age. The insect preferred sweet potato roots over sweet potato vines when both plant parts were available for infestation. Dipping the vine cuttings for 30 min in carbofuran solution prior to planting protected the newly planted sweet potato crop for up to 6 weeks after planting.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Tender vine cuttings with barriers produced a practically weevil free crop.
- Taxon
- sweet potato
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Ipomoea batatase0 - Treatment
- terminal tender vine cuttingse0
- Interactor
- weevile0pest
- Outcome
- practically weevil‐free crope0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“The use of terminal tender vine cuttings, taken even from heavily weevil‐infested sweet potato, to grow a new crop and planting such a crop in plots surrounded by barriers to reduce weevil migration from the outside to the newly planted area, produced a practically weevil‐free crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Old vine cuttings in an open field led to severe weevil damage.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- old vine cuttingse0
- Interactor
- weevile0pest
- Outcome
- severely damaged by the weevile0
- Setting
- open fielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“crop planted to old vine cuttings in an open field was severely damaged by the weevil”
t0“infestation of sweet potato by sweet potato weevilCylas formicarius”
Claim · model-written summary
Tender vine cuttings yielded significantly more roots than old cuttings in either field setting.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- tender vine cuttingse0
- Outcome
- root yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- old vine cuttingse0
- Setting
- open field or in an insect‐protected fielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“crop planted using tender vine cuttings produced significantly more root yield than the one planted to old vine cuttings, irrespective of whether the planting was done in an open field or in an insect‐protected field”
t0“infestation of sweet potato by sweet potato weevilCylas formicarius”
Claim · model-written summary
Weevil infestation increased significantly from plant age one to eight weeks.
- Taxon
- Sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Organ / stage
- 1‐ to 8‐week‐old plantse0
- Interactor
- weevile0pest
- Outcome
- weevil infestatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet potato weevil infestation of 1‐ to 8‐week‐old plants increased significantly with plant age”
Claim · model-written summary
Weevils preferred roots over vines.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Interactor
- sweet potato weevil
Cylas formicariust0peste0 - Outcome
- preferred sweet potato roots over sweet potato vinese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The insect preferred sweet potato roots over sweet potato vines when both plant parts were available for infestation”
t0“sweet potato weevil”
Claim · model-written summary
Carbofuran dipping protected cuttings for up to six weeks.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- Dipping the vine cuttings for 30 min in carbofuran solutione0
- Interactor
- sweet potato weevilCylas formicariust0pest
- Outcome
- protected the newly planted sweet potato crope0
- Value
- up to 6 weekse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dipping the vine cuttings for 30 min in carbofuran solution prior to planting protected the newly planted sweet potato crop for up to 6 weeks after planting”
t0“sweet potato weevil”
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