Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Sweetpotato () is a food crop of global significance. The storage roots and foliage of crop are attacked by a wide range of pests and diseases. Whilst these are generally well controlled in developed countries using approaches such as clean planting material and monitoring with pheromone traps to guide insecticide use, research into methods suitable for developing countries has lagged.