When sweet potato root tissues were infested by the larvae of sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius and West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus, furano-terpenoids and coumarins were produced in brown necrotic layer formed during the infestation.
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Uritani et al. (1975) studied this question.