Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This season sweet potatoes have shown feeding damage from either wireworms or white grubs. Wireworms bore shallow holes into the surface of sweet potato roots. Multiple species of wireworm can attack… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Samples of sweet potatoes from southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore have shown feeding damage from either wireworms or white grubs. Wireworms bore shallow holes into the surface of sweet potato… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu In general, rates of wireworm and white grub injury are lower now than they have been historically due to good weed control. However, last year there were more weedy fields than usual due to weather… Continue Reading
