Cuales son las principales plagas y enfermedades de la papa (solanum tuberosum) y sus medidas de control

Abstract

Potato cultivation is one of the oldest agricultural activities in Latin America. In Ecuador, the S. tuberosum variety, known as common potato, is grown. The cultivation of the common potato in Ecuador is faced by climatic conditions, possible effects by pests that cause the loss of tuber quality and decrease in production, which generates economic losses and instability of the food sovereignty of the country.Potato cultivation is one of the oldest agricultural activities in Latin America. In Ecuador, the variety S. tuberosum, known as common potato, is grown. The cultivation of the common potato in Ecuador faces due to weather conditions, several pests that cause the loss of the quality of the tuber and in many cases the total loss of the plantations, resulting in economic losses and instability of the food sovereignty of the country. country. Among the main diseases that affect potato crops in Ecuador are late blight (Phytophthora infestans Mont. de Bary), early blight (Alternaria solani Sorauer), Guatemalan moth (Phthorimaea operculella Zeller), white worm (Premnotrypes vorax Hustache) and bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum Smith). In the present work, it was carried out with the purpose of collecting information on the characterization of the main pests that affect common potato crops in Ecuador and their due control measures applied for the protection of the crop through consultation of scientific and updated literature. Keywords: potato cultivation, pests, diseases, control measures