What type of Pesticides do you need to use for sweet potato plants?

Aphids, flea beetles, thrips, and whiteflies can all transmit viral diseases to sweet potatoes, so it’s important to control them. Insecticides used to control these pests include:

- Acetamiprid

- Bifenthrin

- Carbaryl

- Dinotefuran

- Imidacloprid

Fungicides

Foliar blights, caused by fungi, are the most serious and damaging to sweet potatoes. Control blights with fungicides such as:

- Azoxystrobin

- Chlorothalonil

- Copper

- Mancozeb

- Tebuconazole

Herbicides

Weed competition can take a serious toll on sweet potato crops. These products can be used to keep weeds under control:

- Clomazone

- Fluometuron

- Glufosinate

- Metolachlor

- Pendimethalin