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Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus [2] References This page was last edited on 6 November 2024, at 18:53 (UTC). Text is ...
In addition to the sweet potato from which it derives its common name, it frequents other plants of the genus Ipomoea, as well as catjang, Clitoria ternatea and the common bean. [4] Since the removal of juice from the stem in the insect's feeding causes the plant to wither and disrupts its production of fruit, P. grossipes is regarded as a pest ...
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, also informally referred to as the sweet potato whitefly) is one of several species of whitefly that are currently important agricultural pests. [1] A review in 2011 concluded that the silverleaf whitefly is actually a species complex containing at least 40 morphologically indistinguishable species.
Cylas formicarius, the sweet potato weevil, is a species of sweet potato weevil in the beetle family Brentidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean , Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania , South America, Southern Asia, the Pacific Ocean , and temperate Asia.
Sweet Potato Mild Mottle Virus (or SPMMV) has a large host range. This is uncommon for potyviruses, making SPMMV a divergent species of potyviruses. [1] SPMMV hosts include 45 different species in 14 different plant families. [2] The naturally occurring host, and namesake for the virus is Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato). Even though SPMMV is ...
It feeds during the day and the night on sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), Datura species, and other plants. It is known as a pest of sweet potato. [3] Distribution
Sweet potato leaf curl virus is commonly transmitted from insect to plant by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci). [ 5 ] [ 4 ] Additionally, it can be transmitted from plant to plant via vegetative propagation , grafting , or the seeds. [ 4 ]
The flowers, buds, and leaves of the sweet potato, which resemble those of the morning glory Seeds. The plant is a herbaceous perennial vine, bearing alternate triangle-shaped or palmately lobed leaves and medium-sized sympetalous flowers.