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1574356 unknown Although the causal agent of this lesion was not confirmed, the important thing to note is how the lesion radiates from a single wound at the center. February 1998
1574355 sour rot Geotrichum candidum Cortical collapse symptoms associated with Geotrichum candidum and sour rot. February 1998
1574354 abiotic stresses (general) Alligator skin (cause unknown). February 1998
1574353 abiotic stresses (general) Alligator skin (cause unknown). February 1998
1574352 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Russet crack symptoms caused by the russet crack strain of SPFMV. February 1998
1574351 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Retail display at farmers market in Los Angeles, CA. February 1998
1574231 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Freshly harvest roots in harvesting bucket. November 1997
1574228 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Freshly harvest roots in bulk bins. November 1997
1574229 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Freshly harvest roots in bulk bins. November 1997
1574230 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Freshly harvest roots in harvesting bucket. November 1997
1574227 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato storage in bulk bins. November 1997
1574225 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Packed cartons of sweepotato on a pallet and ready for transport to market. November 1997
1574226 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Packed cartons of sweepotato on a pallet and ready for transport to market. November 1997
1574224 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Skinning occurs when roots brush up against other roots or other surfaces and should be minimized. November 1997
1574223 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots can get very large.  These would be graded as "jumbo."
1574221 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Roots are manually picked from plowed and flipped plants, then placed into buckets for transport to bulk bins. Bulk bins are transported to the packinghouse for curing and storage. November 1997
1574222 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Roots are manually picked from plowed and flipped plants, then placed into buckets for transport to bulk bins. Bulk bins are transported to the packinghouse for curing and storage. November 1997
1574218 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Roots are manually picked from plowed and flipped plants, then placed into buckets for transport to bulk bins. Bulk bins are transported to the packinghouse for curing and storage. November 1997
1574219 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Roots are manually picked from plowed and flipped plants, then placed into buckets for transport to bulk bins. Bulk bins are transported to the packinghouse for curing and storage. November 1997
1574220 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Roots are manually picked from plowed and flipped plants, then placed into buckets for transport to bulk bins. Bulk bins are transported to the packinghouse for curing and storage. November 1997
1574217 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Roots are manually picked from plowed and flipped plants, then placed into buckets for transport to bulk bins. November 1997
1574214 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Plants are plowed up and flipped so that roots are exposed and vines are buried. November 1997
1574215 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Plants are plowed up and flipped so that roots are exposed and vines are buried. November 1997
1574216 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting sweetpotato.  Plants are plowed up and flipped so that roots are exposed and vines are buried. November 1997
1574212 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Individually film wrapped sweetpotato root for use in the microwave. November 1997
1574211 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Rinsing sweetpotato roots. November 1997
1574210 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato grading.  Roots with blemishes or poor shape are tossed into the center conveyor where they move to another destination. November 1997
1574209 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Manual grading of sweetpotato roots. November 1997
1574208 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In order to control postharvest decay caused by Rhizopus soft rot, a dicloran fungicide dip is often employed. Here roots are moving out of the dicloran dip and onto a conveyor for further processing. November 1997
1574207 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Some sweetpotato dumps occur in two stages: 1) a dry dump onto a conveyor then 2) into wash water.  November 1997  
1574206 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots flow from the dump tank onto a conveyor aided manually by a wide broom. November 1997 
1574205 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Water rinse on packingline. November 1997
1574204 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Field of freshly dug sweetpotatoes. Vines are turned under to expose roots at the surface. Roots will be hand picked into buckets. November 1997
1574203 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Bin of soil removed from sweetpotato roots at the point of dumping.  Placing the dump outdoors minimizes the amount of soil and dust entering the packinghouse. November 1997
1574202 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Soil removed from sweetpotatoes at the point of dumping onto the packingline. November 1997
1574201 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato bind dumper.  The flap allows some control over the speed of dumping and minimizes injury to roots during this process. November 1997
1574199 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Outdoor dump tank keeps dust and debris out of a cleaner packinghouse. November 1997
1574200 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Outdoor dump tank keeps dust and debris out of a cleaner packinghouse. November 1997
1574198 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Dump tank full of sweetpotatoes. Note the amount of skinning on root surfaces. November 1997    
1574197 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Sweetpotato russett crack is caused by a strain of SPFMV. The cracking often occurs in rings around the root resulting in contrictions. November 1997
1574196 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Sweetpotato russett crack is caused by a strain of SPFMV. The cracking often occurs in rings around the root. November 1997
1574195 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Sweetpotato russett crack is caused by a strain of SPFMV. The cracking often occurs in rings around the root. November 1997
1574194 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Sweetpotato russett crack is caused by a strain of SPFMV. The cracking often occurs in rings around the root. November 1997
1574190 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Sweetpotato russett crack is caused by a strain of SPFMV. The cracking often occurs in rings around the root which causes contrictions. November 1997
1574191 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans In addition to the more obvious soil stain symptom, scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. November 1997
1574192 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans In addition to the more obvious soil stain symptom, scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. November 1997
1574193 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans In addition to the more obvious soil stain symptom, scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. November 1997
1574189 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans In addition to the more obvious soil stain symptom, scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. In this case, almost the entire surface of the root is covered by the symptom. November 1997
1574187 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. November 1997
1574188 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans In addition to the more obvious soil stain symptom, scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. November 1997
1574186 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurf will often cause minute cracking of the root surface. November 1997
1574185 Rhizopus soft rots Rhizopus spp. Tufts of sporulation emerge from areas where skin is broken. The entire root is soft rotted. November 1997
1574184 fasciation Fasiated stems. November 1997
1574181 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato healed cut. Dark material near the parimeter of the cut surface is dried latex. November 1997
1574180 sour rot Geotrichum candidum Geotrichum sour rot. White cheesy growth is mycelium and conidia of the pathogen. November 1997  
1574178 sour rot Geotrichum candidum Geotrichum sour rot. White cheesy growth is mycelium and conidia of the pathogen. November 1997
1574179 sour rot Geotrichum candidum Geotrichum sour rot. White cheesy growth is mycelium and conidia of the pathogen. November 1997  
1573988 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Close-up of cracking on root caused by root-knot nematode infection. September 1997
1573987 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Cracking on root set from a single plant. September 1997
1573985 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Galls on feeder roots. September 1997
1573986 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Galls on feeder roots. September 1997
1573837 white rust Albugo candida Severely diseased leaves of morning glory.  The same disease occurs on sweetpotato, a close relative of morning glory. August 1997
1573638 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Close-up of symptomatic leaves. July 1997
1573636 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Close-up of affected leaves. July 1997
1573637 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Close-up of affected leaf. July 1997
1573635 white rust Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae ????????Morning glory leaf (lower surface facing upward) with heavy sporulation of white rust, on top of a sweetpotato leaf from the same area that is not affected.  This shows the degree of susceptibility between the two species of Ipomoeae. July 1997
1573632 white rust Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae Top and underside of leaves infected with white rust.  Lower leaf surface shows abundant sporulation. July 1997
1572955 herbicides (general) Herbicide (Command) injury to young sweeetpotato foliage. May 1997?
1572953 herbicides (general) Herbicide (Command) injury to young sweeetpotato foliage. May 1997?
1572954 herbicides (general) Herbicide (Command) injury to young sweeetpotato foliage. May 1997?
1572952 herbicides (general) Herbicide (Command) injury to young sweeetpotato foliage. May 1997
1572951 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plant beds.  Roots were buried beneath 1 inch of soil and sprouts have emerged in a thick stand or sweetpotato plants.  These will be cut and used as transplants for the year's crop. Yellowing leaves are the result of herbicide (Command) injury. May 1997?
1572950 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plant bed.  Roots were buried beneath 1 inch of soil and sprouts have emerged in a thick stand or sweetpotato plants.  These will be cut and used as transplants for the year's crop. May 1997?
1572949 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plant beds.  Roots were buried beneath 1 inch of soil and sprouts have emerged in a thick stand or sweetpotato plants.  These will be cut and used as transplants for the year's crop. May 1997
1572948 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotatoes are vegetatively propagated.  Roots are buried and will produce sprouts.  The sprouts are used as planting material for the next crop.  Here a root from a sweetpotato bed has been dug up to show where sprouts originate. May 1997?
1572947 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotatoes are vegetatively propagated.  Roots are buried and will produce sprouts.  The sprouts are used as planting material for the next crop.  May 1997?
1572944 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato sprout as it appears when pulled from below-ground root.  Diseases such as scurf are vegetatively propagated in this manner.  Modern production practices use "cuttings" so that below ground parts remain in the ground along with any pathogen they might harbor. May 1997
1572942 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots in water treated with Botran fungicide to prevent decay caused by Rhizopus soft rot. May 1997
1572940 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Air temperature in a packed carton of sweetpotato measures 60 degrees F.  May 1997?
1572939 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Air temperature in a packed carton of sweetpotato measures 60 degrees F.  May 1997
1572937 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sizing sweetpotato roots.  Gaps between bars increase as roots travel, dropping onto different belts below. May 1997
1572935 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Postharvest research on Rhizopus soft rot.  The device on top of the root (a spring-loaded dowel) was used to make a shallow impact bruise.  This type of injury makes the sweetpotato most susceptible to decay. May 1997
1572934 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotatoes in storage.  Note the areas where abrasions have occurred during harvesting. May 1997
1572933 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotatoes in bulk storage. May 1997
1572931 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots rolling along a brush bed where wax is applied. May 1997?
1572930 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots rolling along a brush bed where wax is applied. May 1997
1572929 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots rolling along a brush bed. May 1997?
1572927 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas The sweetpotato washing and packing process begins with dumping roots into a tank of water. May 1997?
1572928 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas The sweetpotato washing and packing process begins with dumping roots into a tank of water. Here roots are being pulled out of the dump tank for further processing. May 1997?
1572926 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas The sweetpotato washing and packing process begins with dumping roots into a tank of water. May 1997?
1572925 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas The sweetpotato washing and packing process begins with dumping roots into a tank of water. May 1997
1572923 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Dead fruit flies on the surface of a stored sweetpotato.  Fruit flies can increase dramatically during storage if rots occur. May 1997
1572922 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato root showing dried latex (brown mass from close end).  The latex is natural and poses no risk to consumption, but is unsightly and can be difficult to wash off during the washing and packing process.  Growers sometimes refer to this as "elephant snot."  Note also the small raised spots often referred to as pimples.  The cultivar is Hernandez. May 1997
1572920 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans May 1997
1572921 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae May 1997
1572918 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans May 1997
1572919 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans May 1997
1572917 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots sprouting during storage. May 1997
1572916 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Root cross section. May 1997?
1572915 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi See 1572916 for cross section of same root. May 1997
1572913 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Root cross section. May 1997?
1572914 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Root cross section. May 1997?
1572912 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Root cross section. May 1997
1572910 Penicillium fungi Penicillium spp. A mixture of Rhizopus and Penicillium on a sweetpotato root. May 1997
1572908 Rhizopus soft rots Rhizopus spp. May 1997
1572909 Rhizopus soft rots Rhizopus spp. May 1997
1572907 Rhizopus soft rots Rhizopus spp. May 1997
1572906 Rhizopus soft rots Rhizopus spp. May 1997
1572904 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot in stored sweetpotato. The scalloped concentric rings take several weeks/months to develop and are diagnostic symptoms of the disease. Note the white flecks at the margin of the lesion; sporulation of the pathogen. May 1997
1572905 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot in stored sweetpotato. The scalloped concentric rings take several weeks/months to develop and are diagnostic symptoms of the disease. May 1997?
1572902 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot in stored sweetpotato. The scalloped concentric rings take several weeks/months to develop and are diagnostic symptoms of the disease. Note the white flecks at the margin of the lesion; sporulation of the pathogen. May 1997?
1572900 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot in stored sweetpotato. The scalloped concentric rings take several weeks/months to develop and are diagnostic symptoms of the disease. Note that the lesion originated from a wound in the center. May 1997?
1572898 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot in stored sweetpotato. The scalloped concentric rings take several weeks/months to develop and are diagnostic symptoms of the disease. May 1997?
1572897 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot in stored sweetpotato. May 1997
1563204 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Historic, slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Since 1980, scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina. Photo~1954.  The use of cut plants instead of pulled plants is highly effective in avoiding scurf.  The knife should not touch the soil.   
1563212 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Effect of temperature on growth of Fusarium solani and root rot
1563197 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Historic, four slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina since 1980. Photo~1954.
1563199 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Historic, four slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina since 1980. Photo~1954.
1563200 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, four slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina since 1980. Photo~1954.
1563201 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Since 1980, scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina. Phto~1954.
1563203 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Since 1980, scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina.  Livestock manure was used to generate warmth for the roots to sprout in the plant bed.  However the manure carried inoculum, so 4inches of soil was used to separate the roots from the manure.  Photo~1954.
1573259 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas NC State University researchers transplant sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997?
1573258 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Recently transplanted sweetpotato.  Jun 1997
1573257 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas NC State University researchers transplant sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997?
1573255 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997?
1573256 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997?
1573254 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas NC State University researcher transplants sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997?
1573253 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas NC State University researcher (Dr. Charles Averre) places groups of sweetpotato slips at the appropriate position for transplanting in randomized experimental plots (micropropagation experiment). June 1997?
1573251 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas NC State University researchers transplant sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997
1573252 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas NC State University researchers transplant sweetpotato slips for a micropropagation experiment. June 1997?
1563467 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae Early stages of Java Black Rot.  The rot is firm, moist, and black.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue containing spores.  It is a serious storage rot that develops rapidly.  The fungus is often called Diplodia tubericola.  (Jewel, Jan 73)
1563206 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae A severely pox affected sweetpotato field near intended harvest, however the field was not harvested because of severe pox occurrence.  Often weedy fields indicate a pox problem  (cv. Jewel, November 1978)
1563218 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plantbeds.  Workers removing sprouts from bedded storage roots to be used to plant fields. 
1563222 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato slips (plants) packed in bushel boxes to be taken to the field and planted (June 1978).
1563214 Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus Potyvirus SPFMV Sweetpotato.  Foliar symptoms of Feathery Mottle Virus.  Notice purple ringspots (cv.Jewel, Aug78).
1563216 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato field ready to be planted.  (Jun69).
1572938 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Palletized, packed cartons of sweetpotato.  April 1997
1572941 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Palletized, packed cartons of sweetpotato.  April 1997
1563527 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Fumigating pox infested soil fumigation with Telone-C17 improves stands and yield, but quality of harvested roots is not acceptable. 
1563597 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi
1563598 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi
1563599 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi
1563600 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi
1563648 flooding/high water Roots in saturated soil may asphyxiate with ethanol accumulation.  Affected roots when cut open have a sweet odor, reduced latex flow, glossy appearance and rot in storage (Nov77, cv.Jewel ), in sweetpotato, this is called 'sour'.
1563647 flooding/high water Roots in saturated soil may asphyxiate with ethanol accumulation.  Affected roots when cut open have a sweet odor, reduced latex flow, glossy appearance and rot in storage (Nov77, cv.Jewel). In sweetpotato, this condition is called "sour."
1563697 Gibberella canker Gibberella baccata Chlorotic leaf distortion caused by a virus.
1563650 asphyxiation Roots in saturated soil may asphyxiate with ethanol accumulation.  Affected roots often have water soaked appearance with dark eyes.  When cut open have a sweet odor, reduced latex flow, glossy appearance and rot in storage.  Large root at left is healthy.  (Nov77, cv.Jewel )
1563649 asphyxiation 649  Roots in saturated soil may asphyxiate with ethanol accumulation.  Affected roots often have water soaked appearance with dark eyes.  When cut open have a sweet odor, reduced latex flow, glossy appearance and rot in storage (Nov77, cv.Jewel)
1563271 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots,  cv. 'Pope' still attached to plant after digging with a plow (Oct77).
1563223 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots were covered with too much soil and rotted in the plant bed and produced no sprouts (Apr 98
1563219 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas   Sweetpotato plantbeds showing magnitude of the operation.  Notice crews in background (Jun.78).
1563220 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plantbeds showing magnitude of the operation.  Notice crews in background (Jun.78).
5435598 tussock moth Euproctis taiwana
1436129 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae
1436132 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas
1436130 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans
1436131 Rhizopus soft rots Rhizopus spp.
1563694 Gibberella canker Gibberella baccata Foliar fungus, Fusarium lateritium, occasionally occurs on the adaxial leaf surface prior to opening.  After the leaves are expanded the fungus is seen as a white chalky substance on the leaf margins.  (Nov88)
1563695 Gibberella canker Gibberella baccata Foliar fungus, Fusarium lateritium, occasionally occurs on the adaxial leaf surface prior to opening.  After the leaves are expanded the fungus is seen as a white chalky substance on the leaf margins.  (Nov88)
1563696 Gibberella canker Gibberella baccata Foliar fungus, Fusarium lateritium, occasionally occurs on the adaxial leaf surface prior to opening.  After the leaves are expanded the fungus is seen as a white chalky substance on the leaf margins.  (Nov88)
1563217 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato field just planted with slips.  (Jun69).
1563701 edema Edema pustules usually are on the abaxial leaf surface.  
1563702 edema Edema pustules on leaf.  Left abaxial surface with many pustules, right adaxial surface has no pustules.
1563689 edema Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  The blisters may rupture and turn black when (Feb92, cv.Jewel) l
1563690 edema Cross section through an edema blister on the surface of a root.  Notice the enlarged, colorless cells forming the blister that easily ruptures and turn black when colonized by microbes (Feb92, cv.Jewel)  
1563691 edema Cross section through an edema blister on the surface of a root.  Notice the enlarged, colorless cells forming the blister that easily ruptures and turn black when colonized by microbes (Feb92, cv.Jewel)  
1563692 edema Cross section through an edema blister on the surface of a root.  Notice the enlarged, colorless cells forming the blister that easily ruptures and turn black when colonized by microbes (Feb92, cv.Jewel)  
1563693 fasciation Fasciation is characterized by very wide stems caused by the lateral fusion of buds in their formative stages.  The incidence in a field is usually very low. 
1563686 edema Photomicrograph showing enlarged cells in a blister between the periderm and parenchyma, 100x. (Jan92).
1563687 edema Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  The blisters may rupture and turn black when ruptured and colonized by microbes (Feb92, cv.Jewel).
1563688 edema Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  The blisters may rupture and turn black when ruptured and colonized by microbes (Feb92, cv.Jewel)
1563682 edema Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  The blisters may rupture and turn black when ruptured and colonized by microbes. 
1563683 edema Photomicrograph showing enlarged cells in a blister. 
1563685 edema Photomicrograph showing enlarged cells in a blister between the periderm and parenchyma, 100x. (Jan92)
1563662 boron deficiency Blister caused by boron deficiency appears as raised purple/brown spots.  Scurf spots may be similar but are not raised.  Spotting may occur internally especially near the vascular ring.  Blister may develop in storage.  (Feb92,cv.Beauregard)
1563663 boron deficiency Blister caused by boron deficiency appears as raised purple/brown spots.  Scurf spots may be similar but are not raised.  Spotting may occur internally especially near the vascular ring.  Blister may develop in storage.  (Feb92, Hernandez)
1563664 boron deficiency Blister caused by boron deficiency appears as raised purple/brown spots.  Scurf spots may be similar but are not raised.  Spotting may occur internally especially near the vascular ring.  Blister may develop in storage.  (Dec92, cv. Hernandez
1563665 boron deficiency Blister caused by boron deficiency appears as raised purple/brown spots.  Scurf spots may be similar but are not raised.  Spotting may occur internally especially near the vascular ring.  Blister may develop in storage.  (Feb92, cv. Hernandez)  
1563678 edema  Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  Lower roots also with black rot.  
1563679 edema Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.
1563680 edema Edema are blisters forming on the surface of roots.  The blisters may rupture and turn black when ruptured and colonized by microbes.
1563658 high soluble salts Fertilizer burn. (Jun69, cv.Centennial)
1563659 boron deficiency Blister caused by boron deficiency appears as raised purple/brown spots.  Scurf spots may be similar but are not raised.  Spotting may occur internally especially near the vascular ring.  Blister may develop in storage.  (Nov79)
1563641 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark streaks followed by root rotting fungi (cv.Jewel, May78).
1563642 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark streaks followed by root rotting fungi (cv.Jewel, Apr77).  
1563643 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut. Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark streaks followed by root rotting fungi (cv.Jewel, Dec70).  
1563645 flooding/high water Standing water injury.  Notice raised lenticels (Sep71, cv.Jewel). 
1563646 flooding/high water Standing water will kill the roots and then are colonized by fungi (Oct76, cv.Jewel). 
1563633 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut (cv.Jewel, Dec70).
1563634 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut (cv.Jewel, Dec70).  
1563635 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark color.  Presence of Penicillium on the surface often indicates cold injury (cv.Jewel, Jan82).
1563636 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark color.  Presence of Penicillium on the surface often indicates cold injury (cv.Jewel, Jan82).
1563637 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark color.  Presence of Penicillium on the surface often indicates cold injury (cv.Jewel, Jan82).
1563638 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark color.  Presence of Penicillium on the surface often indicates cold injury (cv.Jewel, Jan82).
1563639 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark color.  Notice blackening of veins.  Presence of Penicillium on the surface often indicates cold injury (cv.Jewel, May78).
1563640 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut.  Internally the flesh may be spongy and watery and later develop cavities and dark color followed by Fusarium root rot (cv.Jewel, Dec70).
1563607 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them.  These roots were collected after peeling at the cannery.  (cv.Jewel, Sep76).
1563608 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them, (cv.Jewel, Sep76).  
1563601 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them, (cv.Jewel, Sep76).
1563602 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them, (cv.Jewel, Sep76).
1563603 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them, (cv.Jewel, Sep76).
1563604 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them.  These roots were collected after peeling at the cannery.  (cv.Jewel, Sep76).
1563631 cold injury (low temperature) Cold injury. 
1563632 cold injury (low temperature) Roots injured by low temperatures usually do not produce latex when cut (cv.Cntennial, May70)
1563596 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot on harvested root.  Often there is no external evidence that rot is inside the root.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them, (cv.Jewel, Sep76).
1563585 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi  Bacterial soft rot.  Often there is rot inside the root with little external evidence.  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).
1563586 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi  Bacterial soft rot.  Often there is rot inside the root with little external evidence.  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).
1563587 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Often there is rot inside the root with little external evidence.  This causes a problem in the cannery because graders do not discard them,  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).
1563588 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Lower stem may swell, split, and have black xylem tissue.  Branch vines turn black and leaves may turn yellowish..  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).  
1563589 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Lower stem may swell, split, and have black xylem tissue.  Branch vines turn black and leaves may turn yellowish..  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).  
1563590 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Lower stem may swell, split, and have black xylem tissue.  Branch vines turn black and leaves may turn yellowish..  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).  
1563591 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Lower stem may swell, split, and have black xylem tissue.  Branch vines turn black and leaves may turn yellowish..  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).  
1563592 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Lower stem may swell, split, and have black xylem tissue.  Branch vines turn black and leaves may turn yellowish..  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).  
1563593 bacteria wilt and soft rot Dickeya chrysanthemi Bacterial soft rot.  Lower stem may swell, split, and have black xylem tissue.  Branch vines turn black and leaves may turn yellowish..  (cv.Jewel?, Dec94).  
1563556 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions on underground stem and feeder roots.  (cv.Jewel, Mar79).  
1563543 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae  Pox often causes distorted roots are not marketable  (cv.Jewel, Nov89).
1563548 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae  Breeding line from Louisiana L-462 is resistant to pox while the North Carolina NC-734 is susceptible.  Resistance to pox is important because soil treatments are expensive and not very effective.
1563554 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Two rows were fumigated with Telone-C-17 (cv.Jewel, Jul90).
1563532 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.  Infection often starts where a small root is attached  (cv.Jewel, Apr80).
1563533 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.  Infection often starts where a small root is attached  (cv.Jewel, Apr80).
1563535 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.  Infection often starts where a small root is attached  (cv.Jewel, Apr80).
1563536 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Storage roots affected by pox are often distorted.  Infection started on a small root preventing normal enlargement at the site (cv.Jewel, Nov89).   
1563537 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Severity of pox is enhanced in soil that is dry, high in pH and not fumigated.  Compare mass of feeder roots.  (cv.Jewel,Jul88).  
1563538 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Severity of pox is enhanced in soil that is dry, high in pH and not fumigated.  Compare mass of feeder roots.  (cv.Jewel,Jul88).  
1563539 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Severity of pox is enhanced in soil that is dry, high in pH and not fumigated.  Compare mass of feeder roots.  (cv.Jewel,Jul88).  
1563540 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Severity of pox is enhanced in soil that is dry, high in pH and not fumigated.  Compare mass of feeder roots.  (cv.Jewel,Jul88).  
1563541 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae The cultivar Beauregard is resistant to pox and does very well, but it is not immune.  (Beauregard,Nov89).
1563542 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae The cultivar Beauregard is resistant to pox and does very well, but it is not immune.  (Beauregard,Nov89).
1563513 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.  Infection often start where a small root is attached  (cv.Jewel, Oct 78).
1563514 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.  Infection often starts where a small root is attached  (cv.Jewel, Oct78).
1563515 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Roots harvested from a pox infested field.  Notice distorted roots and distribution of pox lesions on the roots.  The distribution may be linear as infection often involves the "eyes" on the root (cv.Jewel, Oct79).
5389269 cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus feeding on stored sweet potato seeds
5389270 cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus feeding on stored sweet potato seeds
1563503 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae  Midseason sweetpotato (cv.Jewel) growing in pox infested soil.  Notice irregular growth, wilting, and yellow leaves. (Aug78).
1563505 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae A sweetpotato (cv.Jewel) field severely affected by pox.  The field was not harvested.  Often weedy fields indicate a pox problem (Oct78).  
1563480 southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii The dry, crusty, circular lesions with sharply defined margins can be popped out.  Infection is  shallow, 1-5mm.  Adjoining tissue is bitter.  (Oct78, cv.Jewel)
1563481 southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii The circular lesions are crusty, 1-5mm deep, with sharply defined margin and can be popped out.  Infected tissue is bitter.  The lesions can be confused with those of Pox.  (cv.Jewel, Oct78)
1563509 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Sweetpotato (cv. Centennial) showing pox symptoms on feeder roots, enlarged roots, and underground stems. 
1563511 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste  (cv.Jewel, Oct78). 
1563512 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.  The root on the left is showing pronounced lenticels.   (cv.Centennial, Apr74). 
1563499 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae  A sweetpotato (cv.Jewel) field close to intended harvest severely affected by pox, however the field was not harvested.  Often weedy fields indicate a pox problem (Oct78).
1563500 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae  A sweetpotato (cv.Jewel) field close to intended harvest severely affected by pox, however the field was not harvested.  Often weedy fields indicate a pox problem (Oct78).
1563501 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae A sweetpotato (cv.Jewel) field close to intended harvest severely affected by pox, however the field was not harvested.  Often weedy fields indicate a pox problem.  Notice poor stand and yellow leaves. (Oct78).
1563490 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Prominent pox lesion on underground stem at junction of feeder roots.  Notice steel-gray color on some roots due to the infection and absence of small feeder roots (cv.Jewel, Nov88).  
1563493 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae 493  Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste, and often the storage root is poorly shaped (cv.Jewel, Oct78). 
1563496 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae #496  A hot spot of pox in a commercial sweetpotato field in a deep sandy soil.     (cv.Jewel, Aug78)
1563497 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Wilting of sweetpotato plants in a commercial sweetpotato field because of much rotting of the feeder roots due to infection by the pox bacterium.  Often lower leaves turn yellow.   (cv.Jewel, Aug78)  
1563498 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae  A severely pox affected sweetpotato field near intended harvest, however the field was not harvested.  Often weedy fields indicate a pox problem  (cv.Jewel, Oct78).    
1563489 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox lesions are crusty, crater shaped and may penetrate 5mm or more into the fleshy root and have an earthy taste.   
1563488 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Pox involves feeder roots and underground stems.  Note absence of root hairs, necrotic tissue at end of stem, necrotic areas on roots.  (cv.Jewel, Oct75)
1563487 Streptomyces soil rot (pox) Streptomyces ipomoeae Effect of treating soil in infested field with fumigants:  check, Vorles, Telone, Vapam, and sodium azide.  
1563470 black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata The disease can also involve feeder roots, stems and cause severe losses in the plant bed, field, and in storage.  The rot usually does not penetrate deeper than the vascular ring.  Tissue near the rot has a bitter taste.  Long beacked perithecia with with viscous mass of ascospores at the tip occur on the surface of the rot.  (cv. Jewel, Dec82)
1563471 black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata Top root healthy.   The disease can also involve feeder roots, stems and cause severe losses in the plant bed, field, and in storage.  The rot usually does not penetrate deeper than the vascular ring.  Tissue near the rot has a bitter taste.  Long beacked perithecia with with viscous mass of ascospores at the tip occur on the surface of the rot.  (cv.Centennial)
1563472 black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata The disease can also involve feeder roots, stems and cause severe losses in the plant bed, field, and in storage.  The rot usually does not penetrate deeper than the vascular ring.  Tissue near the rot has a bitter taste.  Long beacked perithecia with with viscous mass of ascospores at the tip occur on the surface of the rot.  (cv.PortoRico?)
1563473 black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata The disease can also involve feeder roots, stems and cause severe losses in the plant bed, field, and in storage.  The rot usually does not penetrate deeper than the vascular ring.  Tissue near the rot has a bitter taste.  Long beacked perithecia with with viscous mass of ascospores at the tip occur on the surface of the rot.  (cv.PortoRico?)
1563475 black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata The disease can also involve feeder roots, stems and cause severe losses in the plant bed, field, and in storage.  The rot usually does not penetrate deeper than the vascular ring.  Tissue near the rot has a bitter taste.  Long beacked perithecia with with viscous mass of ascospores at the tip occur on the surface of the rot.  (cv.Jewel, Dec78)
1563476 black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata The disease can also involve feeder roots, stems and cause severe losses in the plant bed, field, and in storage.  The rot usually does not penetrate deeper than the vascular ring.  Tissue near the rot has a bitter taste.  Long beacked perithecia with with viscous mass of ascospores at the tip occur on the surface of the rot.  (cv.Jewel, Dec78)
5411478 southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii
1563459 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae The fungal pathogen is often called Diplodia tubericola, occasionally Botryodiplodia theobromae.  The rot is firm and moist.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue near the surface.  It has been a serious storage rot disease that develops rapidy. 
1563460 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae The fungal pathogen is often called Diplodia tubericola, occasionally Botryodiplodia theobromae.  The rot is firm and moist.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue near the surface.  It has been a serious storage rot disease that develops rapidy.  Domes of stromatic, fungal tissue have broken through the epidermis.  (Centennial? Feb1970)
1563461 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae The rot is firm, moist, and black.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue containing spores.  It is a serious storage rot that develops rapidly.  The fungus is often called Diplodia tubericola.  (Jewel, Nov71)
1563462 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae Photomicrograph of stromatic tissue showing two locules.    (Jewel, Feb78)
1563466 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae The rot is firm, moist, and black.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue containing spores.  It is a serious storage rot that develops rapidly.  The fungus is often called Diplodia tubericola. 
1563468 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae The rot is firm, moist, and black.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue containing spores.  It is a serious storage rot that develops rapidly.  The fungus is often called Diplodia tubericola.  (Jewel, Apr 78)
1563469 Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae Healthy and mumified roots.  The rot is firm, moist, and black.  Look for locules in the stromatic tissue containing spores.  It is a serious storage rot that develops rapidly.  The fungus is often called Diplodia tubericola.  (Jewel, Apr 70)
1563456 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Sweetpotato roots after removal of epidermis at cannery showing reduced lesions caused by the root-knot nematode.  Gravid females are visible in a few spots.  ('Centennial' Dec66)
1563457 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Sweetpotato roots showing lesions and deep set eyes caused by the root-knot nematode.  ('Centennial' Nov78)
1563454 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Sweetpotato roots after removal of epidermis at cannery showing lesions caused by the root-knot nematode.  ('Centennial' Dec66)
1563455 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. females in processed sweetpotato Sweetpotato roots after removal of epidermis at cannery showing lesions caused by the root-knot nematode.  Gravid females an be seen in the spots.  ('Centennial' 1968?)
1563441 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Slight cracks typical of root knot lesions.  (Centennial, Oct1960)
1563442 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Roots on the left grown in non treated soil, those on the right were grown on soil treated with a fuminant nematicide, dichloroprope dichloropropane?  (Jewel Oct1976)
1563443 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Root-knot lesion on peeled sweetpotatos.  Gravid nematodes are usually seen in the lesions as white dots.   (Jewel, Oct 1976))
1563444 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Root-knot lesions after peeling  root in the cannery.  Gravid female nematodes can be seen in the lesions as white dots.  (Jewel, Oct 1976)
1563445 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Root-knot lesions and cracking of roots..  (Centennial, Nov 1960)
1563446 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. (Heavily cracked sweetpotato without nematodes.  Cracking may be induced by variable soil moisture and nutrient levels.  (Centennial, Nov 1960)
1563447 pesticides Standak systemic nematicide injury.  (Jewel Jun 1983)
1563448 pesticides Standak systemic nematicide injury.  (Jewel Jun 1983)
1563449 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. The newly released cultivar from Louisiana was excellent with resistance to pox but very susceptible to root-knot.  Notice pattern in the field at harvest   (Beauregard Oct 1991)
1563450 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Same as previous slide.  (Beauregard Oct 1991)
1563451 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Aerial view of sweetpotato showing field pattern of symptomatic plants.  (Beauregard Oct 1991)
1563452 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Aerial view of symptomatic plant patterns in the field.  (Beauregard  Oct 1991)
1563453 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Air crack on upper root and root-knot induced lesions on lower root.  (Jewel, Nov 1977)
5411110 West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus
5411111 West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus
5411108 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
5411109 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
1563433 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Gravid root-knot nematodes embedded at root end of edible root.  The nematode can be seen in some of the lesions.  (Jewel, Nov78)
1563434 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Root-knot lesions and galls on feeder roots.  (Jewel, Oct88)
1563435 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Gravid root-knot nematodes embedded at root end of edible root.  The nematode can be seen in some of the lesions.  (Jewel, Jan 73)
1563437 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Effect of root-knot nematode on growth of sweetpotato plants in a commercial field.  (Centennial, <1965)  
1563405 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani (Sep79, Jewel); Fusarium root rot and stem canker.
1563408 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurf lesions on stems of sprouts pulled off of bedded sweetpotatoes with scurf.  (Jan73Jewel)
1563409 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Historic photo of sweetpotatoes with scurf harvested in baskets.  (Porto Rico <1965)
1563411 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Sweetpotato slip used to plant production field.  The plant was pulled from a bedded root.  
1563413 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Notice scurf lesion on stem and preponderance of lesions on the stem-end of roots (Nov77 Jewel)
1563414 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Notice scurf lesions on the stem and preponderance of lesions on the stem-end of the edible roots
1563419 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurf lesions on stem-end of root. (Jewe Nov85l)
1563422 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurf on roots still attached to stem.  Notice that scurf is more prevalent on the stem end of the root than on the root end . 
1563425 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurf on roots still attached to stem.  Notice that scurf is more prevalent on the stem end of the roots than on the root end.  The stem on which the roots developed is heavily infected and is the source of inoculum to infect the edible roots.  (Jewel Nov77)
1563427 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurfy sweetpotatoes harvested in baskets. (Porto Rico <1960)
1563428 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Scurfy sweetpotatoes harvested in baskets. (Porto Rico <1960)
1563431 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Gravid female with many eggs embedded in edible root.  (Jewel Nov78)
1563432 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Gravid female with many eggs embedded in edible root.  (Jewel Nov78)
1563396 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani (<1970 ); Fusarium Stem and Root Canker
1563403 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani (<1970 ); Fusarium Root and Stem Canker
1563404 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani (Sep79 ); Fusarium Root and Stem Canker.
1563358 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium surface rot; Surface continues to develop in storage.  It is usually worse during wet periods and when roots are injured.  Cultivar 'Jewel' (Oct83)
1563359 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot continues to develop in storage.  It is usually worse during wet periods at harvest and when roots are injured.  Cultivar 'Jewel' (1984)
1563360 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot continues to develop in storage.  It is usually worse during wet periods at harvest and when roots are injured.  Notice lens shaped cavities with the fungus sporulating  Cultivar 'Jewel' (1984)
1563361 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot continues to develop in storage.  It is usually worse during wet periods at harvest and when roots are injured.  Notice lens shaped cavities with the fungus sporulating  Cultivar 'Jewel' (Apr83)
1563362 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot continues to develop in storage.  It is usually worse during wet periods at harvest and when roots are injured.  Notice lens shaped cavities with the fungus sporulating  Cultivar 'Jewel' (Apr83)
1563363 foot rot Plenodomus destruens (Sep73)
1563364 foot rot Plenodomus destruens (Sep73)
1563365 foot rot Plenodomus destruens (Aug73)
1563366 foot rot Plenodomus destruens (Sep78)
1563367 foot rot Plenodomus destruens (Sep78)
1563368 foot rot Plenodomus destruens (Sep76)
1563346 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Fusarium wilt early symptoms: lower leaf yellowing and leaf abscission. 
1563347 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Fusarium wilt symptoms: Apparently nonsymptomatic, death, reduced growth with yellow leaves and leaf fall. 
1563348 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Fusarium wilt symptoms: stem with external necrosis, vascular browning, and foliar yellowing.
1563349 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Fusarium wilt symptoms: stems with exterior lesion and vascular browning.
1563350 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Fusarium wilt symptoms: stem with exterior lesion and vascular browning.  Notice necrotic root from stem to storage root.  CV Centennial?  (<1960)
1563351 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Fusarium wilt symptoms:  Notice necrotic tissue at proximal end of storage and necrosis on sprouts.  CV Centennial?  (<1960).  
1563352 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas A young transplant showing severe Fusarium wilt symptoms:  necrotic feeded roots, vascular browning, dead and yellowing leaves.   cv. Porto Rico?  (<1960).
1563353 Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Storage root showing vascular browning.  cv. Porto Rico?  (<1960).
1563354 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot.  cv. Centennial  (Apr-64).
1563355 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot.  cv. Centennial  (Apr-64).
1563356 Fusarium root rot and wilt Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium surface rot.  cv. GoldRush  (Apr-64).
1563357 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot.  Notice lens shappeed cavities or locules in necrotic tissue with abundand mycelium and spores.   cv. Jewel  (Apr-77).
1563341 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Distal end rot developed after curing during storage. (Apr78)
1563342 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Distal end rot developed after curing during storage. (Apr78)
1563343 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Distal end rot developed after curing during storage.  Internal symptoms. (Apr78)
1563344 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Distal end rot developed after curing during storage. (Apr78)
1563345 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Distal end rot developed after curing during storage. (Apr78)
1563327 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Photomicrograph (ca. 400x) sporangia and sporangiopores of Rhizopus, the cause of Rhizopus soft rot in sweetpotatoes and other vegetables. 
1563328 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Photomicrograph (ca. 1000x) sporangia and sporangiopores of Rhizopus, the cause of Rhizopus soft rot in sweetpotatoes and other vegetables.
1563329 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Photomicrograph (ca. 1000x) sporangia and sporangiopores of Rhizopus, the cause of Rhizopus soft rot in sweetpotatoes and other vegetables.
1563330 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Photomicrograph (ca. 1000x)  sporangiospores of Rhizopus, the cause of Rhizopus soft rot in sweetpotatoes and other vegetables.
1563331 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot caused by Fusarium solani.  The reddish mass is the perfect state, Nentria.
1563332 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot. 
1563333 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot
1563334 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot
1563335 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot. 
1563336 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot, internal symptoms.
1563337 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot internal symptomes.
1563338 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot.
1563339 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Fusarium root rot.
1563340 Fusarium damping-off Fusarium solani Jewel, distal end rot.
1563312 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot showing profusion of aerial mycelia on the surface of a diseased root. 
1563314 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Roots in storage with Rhizopus soft rot. 
1563315 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot on roots in storage showing profusion of aerial mycelia and presence of black spore masses.
1563316 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot on root in storage showing profusion of aerial mycelia and presence of black spore masses.
1563317 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot on root in storage showing profusion of aerial mycelia prior to formation of black spore masses.  Upper root is healthy.
1563318 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot on root in storage showing aerial mycelia and presence of black spore masses.
1563319 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot on root in storage showing profusion of aerial mycelia and presence of black spore masses.  Lower root is healthy. 
1563320 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Root with Rhizopus soft showing interior of the root.  The tissue is very soft, often drippy with a pleasant odor.
1563321 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Roots out of storage with soft rot and possible water damage in the field.  Cultivar Porto Rico?.   (Nov77)
1563322 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Sweetpotato out of storage with soft rot.  Roots may have been damaged in the field by wet conditions.  Cultivar may be Porto Rico (Nov77).
1563323 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Sweetpotato out of storage with soft rot.  Roots may have been damaged in the field by wet conditions.  Cultivar may be Porto Rico.  Roots incubated in a moist chamber  (Nov77).
1563324 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Sweetpotato out of storage with soft rot.  Cultivar may be Pope.  Roots incubated in a moist chamber  (Nov77).
1563325 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Sweetpotato out of storage with soft rot.   Cultivar may be Pope (Nov77).
1563326 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Sweetpotato out of storage with soft rot.  Roots may have been damaged in the field by wet conditions.  Cultivar may be Centennial. (Nov77).
1563281 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Barn storage and 20bushel crates in background  (Oct77).
1563266 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester placing harvested roots in trailer.  The adjustable conveyor is designed to minimize injuries to roots caused by long drops. 
1563267 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester placing harvested roots in trailer.  The adjustable conveyor is designed to minimize injuries to roots caused by long drops.  Close up of hydraulic adjustment.  (Nov75)
1563269 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester placing harvested roots in trailer.  The adjustable conveyor is designed to minimize injuries to roots caused by long drops.  (Nov75)
1563270 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting boxes; 1 bushel equals 60 pounds.  Cultivar 'Pope' (Nov69).
1563291 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Roots emerging from lye peeler.  Notice off type color of roots (Oct75).
1563294 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sheet of sweetpotato pure for flakes (Oct75).
1563295 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Cutting belt
1563298 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Prize baskets of Porto Rico sweetpotatoes; Yam Festival in Tabor City,NC; 1948.
1563309 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot is the most common disease found in stored sweetpotatoes.  The rot is soft, wet and often white, whiskery fungal growth covers the tissue.  Later black spores develop. 
1563310 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopus soft rot is the most common disease found in stored sweetpotatoes.  The rot is soft, wet and often white, whiskery fungal growth covers the tissue.  Later black spores develop.
1563311 bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Cv Jewel.  Rhizopus soft rot is the most common disease found in stored sweetpotatoes.  The rot is soft, wet and often white, whiskery fungal growth covers the tissue.  Later black spores develop. (May73)
1563261 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In-field harvester/sorter/grader; very mobile (Oct75).  
1563262 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In-field harvester/sorter/grader diggins roots after the vines were mowed (Oct75).
1563264 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester diggins roots and lowering them them into a trailer.  (Oct75).
1563265 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester designed to dig and lower roots trailer with minimal drop to avoid injuries to the sweetpotatoes.  (Oct75).
1563246 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  Two persons alternate in placing cuttings for planting in one row.  County Agent P. Westerbeek third from left.  (Jun90).
1563247 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  Top of the row is sheared off prior to planting the cutting.  (Jun90).
1563248 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  The top of the row is sheared off prior to placing the cutting in the planter.  (Jun90).
1563249 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  Details of planter.   (Jun90).
1563205 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Effect of seed treatment
1563181 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' packout of quality product after storage.  July1976
1563182 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots after storage ready for shipment.  "Jewel."  Apr76
1563183 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas
1563184 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato after storage and waxing ready for shipment.  Apr76
1563185 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage and waxing for shipment to markets, Apr76.
1563186 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Display of sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots and information on uses and nutritional value  May78.
1563187 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage for shipment to markets in a Yam Commission carton.  For years sweetpotatoes were called Yams.  This was a misnomer so the name was changed to North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission, Apr76.
1563188 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage and washing for shipment to markets, Apr76.
1563191 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato being irrigated.  Actually, sweetpotato fields are usually not irrigated.  'Jewel' roots after storage and waxing for shipment to markets, Sep68.
1563192 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Five sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) roots compared to one yam (Dioscorea spp.) root.  Although both are roots, the plants are not even distantly relate; the sweetpotato is a Dicot while the yam is a Monocot.
1563194 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Typical sign of sweetpotato grower in eastern North Carolina.
1563195 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots after curing, washing, grading and packing in cardboard cartons ready for shipment to retail markets.  The tern "yam" refers to the moist, orange type sweetpotato.
1563196 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Trellised sweetpotato plants used by plant breeder to develop improved cultivars.~1974  .
1563229 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas
1563232 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Planting sweet potatoes with cut plants in late spring.
1563243 genetic abnormalities Mutation or chimeras.  Sprouts from chimeras and used for planting will produce a crop of roots with that color.  A serious problem. 
1563244 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas planter; ready for planting at fumigation test; Jewel/Beauregard
1563245 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanter with cut vines for planting.  Two persons alternate planting one row.  Jun90.
1435029 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius Adults are ant-like, shiny, blue-black, snout beetles whose "waist" and legs are bright orange-red. They are about 6 mm long.
1435030 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius on sweet potato
5389272 cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus
5389271 cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus
5333051 Fusarium wilts, blights, rots and damping-off Fusarium spp.
5368525 fasciation Vines become extremely wide but remain flat in cross section. Fasciated vine appears as if many vines were fused together.
5368526 fasciation Vines become extremely wide but remain flat in cross section. Fasciated vine appears as if many vines were fused together.
5333052 root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp.
5333050 scurf Monilochaetes infuscans
1263013 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Imago
1263014 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Fourth instar larva
0746018 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Operculum and ligule of Bemisia tabaci.
0746019 greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum Pygidium of puparium of Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
0746020 greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum Operculum and ligule of Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
0746014 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Adult of Bemisia tabaci.
0746015 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Adult of Bemisia tabaci.
0746016 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Puparium of Bemisia tabaci.
0746017 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Pygidium of puparium of Bemisia tabaci.
0660071 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci L5 nymph of Bemisia tabaci.
5369710 whitefringed beetle Naupactus peregrinus typical damage with larvae present
5369711 whitefringed beetle Naupactus peregrinus
5369712 whitefringed beetle Naupactus peregrinus
5368079 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
5368068 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
5192100 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
5193001 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
5193002 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius
0177095 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Adult whiteflies on leaf.
0177096 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Puparia on poinsettia leaf.
0177097 sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci Puparia and empty cases on poinsettia leaf.
1435110 banded cucumber beetle Diabrotica balteata
3413083 sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius and larva

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