{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1963679268","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","title":"Evaluation of cultural control practices in the management of sweetpotato weevil (Cylas puncticollis) Boheman (Colepotera: Curculionidae)","display_name":"Evaluation of cultural control practices in the management of sweetpotato weevil (Cylas puncticollis) Boheman (Colepotera: Curculionidae)","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-12-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1963679268","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","mag":"1963679268"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5339/connect.2013.44","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739194597","display_name":"QScience Connect","issn_l":"2223-506X","issn":["2223-506X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320064","host_organization_name":"HBKU Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320064"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["HBKU Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"QScience Connect","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016129037","display_name":"Alie Hindolo Dembeh Mansaray","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2684-3618","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2684-3618"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166695","display_name":"Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05xkpwf58","country_code":"SL","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210166695"]}],"countries":["SL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A Mansaray","raw_affiliation_strings":["1Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Tower Hill, P.M.B. 1313, Freetown, Sierra Leone"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"1Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Tower Hill, P.M.B. 1313, Freetown, Sierra Leone","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166695"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084809964","display_name":"A. J. Sundufu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"AJ Sundufu","raw_affiliation_strings":["2Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"2Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062035172","display_name":"K Yilla","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166695","display_name":"Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05xkpwf58","country_code":"SL","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210166695"]}],"countries":["SL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"K Yilla","raw_affiliation_strings":["1Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Tower Hill, P.M.B. 1313, Freetown, Sierra Leone"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"1Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Tower Hill, P.M.B. 1313, Freetown, Sierra Leone","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166695"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112592243","display_name":"Sahr Ngoba Fomba","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166695","display_name":"Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05xkpwf58","country_code":"SL","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210166695"]}],"countries":["SL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"SN Fomba","raw_affiliation_strings":["1Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Tower Hill, P.M.B. 1313, Freetown, Sierra Leone"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"1Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Tower Hill, P.M.B. 1313, Freetown, Sierra Leone","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166695"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":995,"currency":"USD","value_usd":995},"apc_paid":{"value":995,"currency":"USD","value_usd":995},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"2013","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10135","display_name":"Insect-Plant Interactions and Control","score":0.6044999957084656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1109","display_name":"Insect Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10135","display_name":"Insect-Plant Interactions and Control","score":0.6044999957084656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1109","display_name":"Insect Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11065","display_name":"Insect Pest Control Strategies","score":0.3425000011920929,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13069","display_name":"Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy","score":0.02280000038444996,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1108","display_name":"Horticulture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sweet-potato-weevil","display_name":"sweet potato weevil","score":0.9629999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cylas-puncticollis","display_name":"Cylas puncticollis","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sweet-potato","display_name":"Ipomoea batatas","score":0.6660000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cultural-control","display_name":"cultural control","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mulching","display_name":"mulching","score":0.8420000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/panicum-maximum","display_name":"Panicum maximum","score":0.8849999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/harvesting-date","display_name":"harvesting date","score":0.796999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/host-plant-resistance","display_name":"host plant resistance","score":0.9179999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cultivar-susceptibility","display_name":"cultivar susceptibility","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tuber-damage","display_name":"tuber damage","score":0.9539999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/integrated-pest-management","display_name":"integrated pest management","score":0.9070000052452087}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175092762","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549563","display_name":"Mulch","level":2,"score":0.761817216873169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780817911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383963","display_name":"Weevil","level":2,"score":0.7281455397605896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6557445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173113","display_name":"Agronomy","level":1,"score":0.6489335894584656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779030997","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7415384","display_name":"Curculionidae","level":2,"score":0.6371350884437561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197321923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886","display_name":"Cultivar","level":2,"score":0.6104403138160706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.5944121479988098},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168741863","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q777671","display_name":"Sowing","level":2,"score":0.5628179311752319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22508944","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568174","display_name":"PEST analysis","level":2,"score":0.4577348232269287},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123963621","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525309","display_name":"Integrated pest management","level":2,"score":0.4213058054447174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137580998","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235352","display_name":"Crop","level":2,"score":0.421074241399765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144027150","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48803","display_name":"Horticulture","level":1,"score":0.32843077182769775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.1208118200302124}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5339/connect.2013.44","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739194597","display_name":"QScience Connect","issn_l":"2223-506X","issn":["2223-506X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320064","host_organization_name":"HBKU Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320064"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["HBKU Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"QScience Connect","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5339/connect.2013.44","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2013.44","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739194597","display_name":"QScience Connect","issn_l":"2223-506X","issn":["2223-506X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320064","host_organization_name":"HBKU Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320064"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["HBKU Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"QScience Connect","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Zero hunger","score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1553182405","https://openalex.org/W1839906900","https://openalex.org/W1986521425","https://openalex.org/W1995973654","https://openalex.org/W2013965388","https://openalex.org/W2021108372","https://openalex.org/W2062188137","https://openalex.org/W2063952924","https://openalex.org/W2064544023","https://openalex.org/W2125384667","https://openalex.org/W2130205669","https://openalex.org/W2150879807","https://openalex.org/W2241663358","https://openalex.org/W2591435003","https://openalex.org/W4250870828"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2512696310","https://openalex.org/W2942210996","https://openalex.org/W2065072323","https://openalex.org/W2610820805","https://openalex.org/W1986521425","https://openalex.org/W2062188137","https://openalex.org/W7171530301","https://openalex.org/W2137863539","https://openalex.org/W2026330319","https://openalex.org/W7091298962"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,87],"sweetpotato":[1,85,204,256],"weevil,":[2],"Cylas":[3,158],"puncticollis":[4,146,159,178],"Boheman,":[5],"constitutes":[6],"a":[7,46,93],"major":[8],"constraint":[9],"to":[10,50,156,163,176,197,202,214],"sweet":[11,103],"potato":[12,104],"production":[13],"and":[14,22,62,74,113,122,128,135,149,181,192,243,254],"utilization":[15],"in":[16,92,144,167,249,259],"Africa.":[17],"Host":[18],"plant":[19],"resistance/tolerance,":[20],"mulching":[21,57,130,168,237],"varying":[23],"harvesting":[24,78,117,225,244],"dates":[25,118],"could":[26],"provide":[27],"an":[28,34],"approach":[29],"that":[30],"fits":[31],"well":[32],"into":[33],"integrated":[35],"pest":[36],"management":[37],"programme":[38],"of":[39,54,67,77,151,185,217,241,252],"this":[40,44],"insect":[41],"pest.":[42],"In":[43],"study,":[45],"trial":[47],"was":[48,89,161,208,226],"conducted":[49],"evaluate":[51],"the":[52,75,84,182,203,215,239,260],"effect":[53],"host":[55],"plant,":[56],"with":[58,99,154,165,174,212,236],"freshly":[59],"harvested,":[60],"dried":[61],"chopped":[63],"up":[64],"aerial":[65],"parts":[66],"elephant":[68],"grass":[69],"(":[70],"Panicum":[71],"maximum":[72],"),":[73],"manipulation":[76],"date,":[79],"on":[80],"crop":[81],"damage":[82,148,180],"by":[83],"weevil.":[86,205],"experiment":[88],"laid":[90],"out":[91],"randomized":[94],"complete":[95],"split-split":[96],"plot":[97],"design":[98],"three":[100],"replications.":[101],"Four":[102],"varieties":[105],"(improved":[106],"variety-":[107],"kabbia,":[108],"slipot":[109,111,114,193,230,233],"2,":[110],"3":[112,191,231],"4),":[115],"four":[116,129],"(90,":[119],"104,":[120],"118":[121],"132":[123],"days":[124],"after":[125],"planting":[126],"(DAP))":[127],"levels":[131],"(0t/ha,":[132],"1t/ha,":[133],"3t/ha":[134],"5t/ha)":[136],"were":[137,188,195,222],"used.":[138],"Data":[139],"analysis":[140],"revealed":[141],"significant":[142,171],"differences":[143],"C.":[145,177],"tuber":[147,179],"number":[150,184,216,251],"tubers":[152,186,221,253],"produced":[153,187],"respect":[155,175,213],"mulching.":[157],"incidence":[160],"observed":[162,196],"decrease":[164],"increase":[166],"level.":[169],"Also,":[170],"cultivar":[172],"variation":[173],"total":[183],"recorded.":[189],"Slipot":[190],"4":[194],"be":[198],"significantly":[199,210],"less":[200],"susceptible":[201],"Harvesting":[206],"date":[207],"also":[209],"different,":[211],"damaged":[218,223],"tubers.":[219],"More":[220],"when":[224],"delayed.":[227],"Hence,":[228],"using":[229],"or":[232],"4,":[234],"coupled":[235],"at":[238,245],"rate":[240],"3-5t/ha":[242],"104":[246],"DAP":[247],"resulted":[248],"increased":[250],"reduced":[255],"weevil":[257],"infestation":[258],"field.":[261]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}