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Weevil-resistant sweet potato ready

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By: Standard Reporter Researchers have come up with a sweet potato variety that is resilient to weevils. The crop has been under constant threat from weevils, which have reduced production in the whole of Africa. Dr Marc Ghislain, a biotechnologist at the International Potato Centre, said the African sweet potato weevils can cause 60 to [...]