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Insect attack in sweet potato cultivation

Identification: The size of these insects is small and the color appears yellow, black, red, and green. The pests of this disease attack the leaves of the plant and its tender parts and suck the juice of the plant, due to which the plants stop growing.

Prevention: For the prevention of this disease, proper amount of imidacloprid should be sprayed on the plants. Apart from this, neem oil should be sprayed on the plants two to three times at an interval of 10 days immediately after the disease appears.