Project Number: 6402-22000-045-05
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Jul 09, 2002
End Date: Jun 08, 2007

Objective:
Evaluate the effectiveness of pre-plant and midseason soil-incorporated insecticides for control of soil inhabiting pests of sweetpotato grown on small farms in the Delta of Mississippi.

Approach:
Establish small plot, replicated tests in Mississippi to test insect pests of sweetpotatoes. Monitor plots weekly using all currently available scouting techniques to determine insect numbers and need for management activities. Potatoes will be evaluated for white grub, wireworm, whitefringed beetle, flea beetle and cutworm damage.