The sweetpotato leaf beetle, Typophorus nigritus viridicyaneus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an emerging pest in Jamaica: Distribution and host plant resistance. (235)

Authors

  • D. Michael Jackson USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC. U.S.A.
  • J. Lawrence Ohio State University. Columbus. OH, U.S.A.; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Kingston, Jamaica
  • K.M. Dalip Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Kingston, Jamaica
  • P. Chung Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Kingston. Jamaica
  • D. Clarke-Harris Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Kingston, Jamaica
  • J.R. Bohac USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC. U.S.A.
  • S. Tolin Virginia Tech. University, Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A.
  • C. Edwards Ohio State University. Columbus. OH, U.S.A.
  • D.R. Seal University of Florida. Homestead, FL. U.S.A.

Keywords:

Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Leaf beetle, Caribbean

Abstract

The sweetpotato leaf beetle, Typophorus nigritus viridicyaneus (Crotch) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) is an emerging pest of sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae) in Jamaica. Heavy infestations of sweetpotato leaf beetles were reported primarily from sweetpotato fields in St Ann, Clarendon, and St Catherine Parishes in the central portion of Jamaica. Several sweetpotato genotypes from the USDA-ARS sweetpotato breeding programme at the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC, U.S.A., were evaluated in Jamaica for resistance to the larval stages of this pest. Genotypes White Regal and CD-P53R were the most promising, exhibiting resistance to sweetpotato leaf beetle larvae in the fields in Jamaica.

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How to Cite

Jackson, D. M., Lawrence, J., Dalip, K., Chung, P., Clarke-Harris, D., Bohac, J., Tolin, S., Edwards, C., & Seal, D. (2003). The sweetpotato leaf beetle, Typophorus nigritus viridicyaneus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an emerging pest in Jamaica: Distribution and host plant resistance. (235). Tropical Agriculture, 80(4). Retrieved from https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1297

Issue

Volume 80 Number 4

Section

Research Papers