Variable performance of white-skinned Ipomoea batatas

ABSTRACT

The use of pest control techniques in Agriculture have proven to be highly effective in addressing food insecurity and agricultural production issues. This study was conducted to compare growth and evaluate the yield of sweet potato under three different pest control techniques in relation to exposure to insect herbivory.These pest control techniques include physical exclusion, chemical exclusion and those without exclusion (no control). Sweet potato plants excluded physically were completely screened from herbivory using a net house, those excluded chemically were sprayed weekly with 0.01% Lambda-cyhalothrin and those without exclusion were fully exposed to herbivory.