The white grub is causing serious damage to sweet potatoes in South Carolina and a small section of North Carolina
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Dr. Mark Abney, entomologist in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at NC State University, and grad student Amber Arrington are resesarching the combination of entomopathogens and neonicotinoid pesticides to control plectris white grubs, which damage the sweet potatoes so severely that they are unmarketable, even for processing.