, 2017 Sweet potato is a perishable food crop that is prone to weevil and fungal infection. Development of diseases due to fungal infection will lower its quality, reduce marketable price and sometimes the tubers are unable to sell.
Husna Zayadi
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Production of Pathogen-Tested Sweet Potato [PDF]
Crop Production/Industries,
Beetham, Peter, Mason, Angela
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, 2001 The effects of nitrogen fertilizer on sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir., resistance to the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Summers), was studied. Adult weevil feeding and oviposition preference, larval survival, and pupal weight
Hammond, Abner M. +9 more
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An attempt to isolate the precursors of off flavor in oxidized dehydrated sweet potato flakes [PDF]
, 1971 Recent studies of the development of "off flavor" in dehydrated sweet potato flakes have implicated a lipid fraction containing a small amount of carotenoid epoxide.
Cassilly, Joan Patricia +1 more
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Acoustical Detection of the Sweetpotato Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Sweet Potato2
, 1993 Ultrasensitive acoustical equipment was used to detect larvae of the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Summers) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.). Methods of expressing results were evaluated with per
James D. Hansen
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An Ordered Probit Model Analysis of Transaction costs and Market Participation by Sweet Potato Farmers in South Eastern Nigeria. [PDF]
This study determined the factors (related to fixed and variable transaction costs) influencing the decision to participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria.
Ohajianya, D.O., Ugochukwu, Albert I.
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Commercial reactions to Alamalt : a fully-cooked sweet potato flour
, 1950 Caption title. "June 1950." Includes information about the development of Alamalt, a sweet potato flour; its testing in the bakery/confectionary industry, and recipes using ...
Lanham, Ben T.
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Long-Distance Marketing of Sweet Potato from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea: An Analysis of Consumer Preferences and Supplier Responsiveness [PDF]
Sweet potato is by far the most important staple food in Papua New Guinea. While much is consumed as a subsistence crop, it is also an important income earner for many small holder farmers in the Highlands of PNG.
Omot, Norah +2 more
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Integrated Management of Sweet Potato Weevil ( Cylas puncticollis ) in West Hararghe, Ethiopia
Sweet potato weevil ( Cylas puncticollis ) is the most destructive pest limiting sweet potato productivity in Ethiopia; yet locally validated management options for West Hararghe remain scarce.
Daba Borana
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Use of infochemicals in pest management with special reference to the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
, 2002 Dicke, M. +3 more
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