Sweet Potato Pest Management : A Global Perspective (Paperback)

Foreword -- Sweet Potato Pest Management: A Global Overview -- The Origin and Dispersal of the Pest Species of Cylas with a Key to the Pest Species Groups of the World -- Associations Between the Plant Family Convolvulaceae and Cylas Weevils -- Growth of Sweet Potato in Relation to Attack by Sweet Potato Weevils -- Sex Pheromone of Cylas formicarius: History and Implications of Chemistry in Weevil Management -- Use of Sex Pheromone for Monitoring and Managing Cylas formicarius -- Integrated Control of Cylas formicarius -- Spatial Patterns of Cylas formicarius in Sweet Potato Fields and Development of a Sampling Plan -- Biological Control of Cylas spp -- Potential Use of Agrobacterium-Mediated Gene Transfer to Confer Insect Resistance in Sweet Potato -- Oviposition Stimulant for Cylas formicarius in Sweet Potato: Isolation, Identification, and Development of Analytical Screening Method -- Volatile Chemicals from Sweet Potato and Other Ipomoea: Effects on the Behavior of Cylas formicarius -- Quarantine Programs for Cylas formicarius in the United States -- Biology and Management of the West Indian Sweet Potato Weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus -- Approaches to the Control of Multiple Insect Problems in Sweet Potato in the Southern United States -- Biology and Management of Wireworms on Sweet Potato -- Vine Borers of Sweet Potato -- Management of Insect Vectors of Viruses Infecting Sweet Potato -- Biology and Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Sweet Potato -- Breeding Sweet Potato for Insect Resistance: A Global Overview -- Breeding Sweet Potato For Weevil Resistance: Future Outlook -- Sweet Potato Pest Management: A Social Science Perspective -- Sweet Potato Pest Management: Future Outlook