Comparable Effectiveness of Organic Mulch and Conventional Insecticides in Managing Sweetpotato Weevils and Millipede on Selected Sweetpotato Varieties
Abstract:Organic produce have of recent been among the positive outlook for health safety in bids to avoid the bad impact of synthetic insecticides to human and the environment. The use of non-chemical control measures has been practiced on sweetpotato weevils with uncertainty. Very often, farmers either do nothing or rely heavily on synthetic insecticides. Field experiments were conducted from 2015 to 2016 to assess the effectiveness of grass mulch in controlling sweetpotato weevils and millipede on sweetpotato tubers… Show more
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