Evaluation location: Louisiana, United States
Evaluation of sweetpotato germplasm for storage rot and soil rot resistance. Disease reactions were recorded for Fusarium root rot (Fusarium solani (Mart.) Appel &Wr.), Java Black rot (Diploida tubericola (Ell. & Ev.) Taub.), Soil rot or pox rot (Streptomyces ipomoea (Person & W.J. Martin) Waksm & Henrici), Bacterial stem rot (Erwinia chrysanthemi Dupes), and Bacterial root rot (Erwinia chrysanthemi Dupes).