Table 3 Major insect pests experienced by farmers in sweetpotato (% households) and rank
Insect pest reported | % households* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gulu | Kabale | Kasese | Masindi | Soroti | Wakiso | Overall mean | |
Sweetpotato weevils (Cylas spp.) | 97 (1) | 56 (1) | 84 (1) | 100 (2) | 94 (1) | 91 (1) | 87.0 |
Sweetpotato butterfly (Acraea acerata) | 28 (2) | 50 (2) | 88 (2) | 88 (1) | 13 (2) | 97 (2) | 60.7 |
Sweetpotato hornworm (Agrius convolvuli) | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 9.7 |
Armyworm (Spodoptera spp.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.7 |
Others (ants, whiteflies) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 |