Insect Management for Potatoes

Chewing insects can cause serious yield and quality losses in potatoes by feeding on the leaves, stems or tubers. Sucking insects can cause direct losses from feeding and indirect losses by transmitting viral diseases. The most important of these insects are described below. A table at the end of t...

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Main Author: Susan E. Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2005-09-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/115123
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Summary:Chewing insects can cause serious yield and quality losses in potatoes by feeding on the leaves, stems or tubers. Sucking insects can cause direct losses from feeding and indirect losses by transmitting viral diseases. The most important of these insects are described below. A table at the end of the chapter lists insecticides currently registered for potatoes.  This document is ENY-469 (which replaces ENY-438), one of a series of the Entomology & Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: November 2001. Revised: August 2005.  ENY-469/IG155: Insect Management for Potatoes (ufl.edu)
ISSN:2576-0009