Agronomic response of sweet potato clones and affectation by sweet potato weevil in Pinar del Río

Abstract

Yields of the sweet potato crop for the Pinar del Río conditions did not exceed 8.0 t / ha during the period 2011-2016 (ONEI, 2017), due to the insufficient generalization of clones with high productive potential and the marked incidence of the affectations by C. formicarius. The objective of this work is to evaluate the agronomic response and affectation by C. formicarus in four sweet potato clones for specific production conditions of the study area.

Keywords

• Ipomoea batatas
• Cylas formicarius
• yield
• diversification