More than 30 kinds of diseases and pests have been reported, but the damage of sweetpotato black rot, sweetpotato root rot, sweetpotato stem nematode and sweetpotato bacterial wilt is serious.

• 我国甘薯病虫害危害严重,已经发现报导的有30多种,其中发生比较广泛、为害比较严重的有甘薯黑斑病、甘薯根腐病、甘薯瘟病、甘薯茎线虫病。