Researchers have come up with a sweet potato variety that is resilient to weevils. The crop has been under constant threat from weevils, which have reduced production in the whole of Africa. Dr Marc ...

AgBiome, an agricultural technology startup based in Research Triangle Park, has landed its second round of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a tolerance in plants against the ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Red and green traps attract more sweet potato weevils than other colors, and a Montana State University researcher who made that discovery wants to know if Montana insects react the ...

CLEMSON — A serious pest of sweet potatoes has been confirmed in three more South Carolina counties by the Clemson University Department of Plant Industry. The discovery of the sweet potato weevil ...

An LSU Agricultural Center scientist is part of a research project pursuing a natural way to control sweet potato weevils in Africa. Jeff Davis, an associate professor of entomology at the AgCenter, ...

This small mound could be caused by crayfish. They are most common in poorly draining areas. Dear Neil: We had what we thought was going to be a great crop of sweet potatoes, but when we cut into them ...