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List of pests-diseases-weeds for crop/product: Maize/corn (Zea mays)

Information on all pests, diseases and weeds can be found in the downloadable Excel files
click on a pest/disease/weed to display a list of relevant publications

diseases
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diseases:

Ascomycota (other orders):

Aspergillus flavus (plant/storage disease)
Aspergillus parasiticus
Stenocarpella maydis

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Cercospora zeae-maydis
Cercospora zeina
Exserohilum turcicum

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium subglutinans
Fusarium verticillioides

Bacteria:

Dickeya (genus)

Basidiomycota:

Puccinia sorghi

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Helicotylenchus dihystera
Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica
Nanidorus minor
Pratylenchus scribneri
Pratylenchus zeae
Scutellonema brachyurus
Scutellonema clathricaudatum

Plant viruses:

Johnsongrass mosaic virus
Maize chlorotic mottle virus
Maize streak virus
Maize yellow dwarf virus RMV
Sugarcane mosaic virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Prostephanus truncatus
Sitophilus zeamais

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Rhopalosiphum maidis

Lepidoptera:

Busseola fusca
Busseola phaia
Chilo orichalcociliellus
Chilo partellus
Eldana saccharina
Helicoverpa armigera
Sesamia calamistis
Sesamia cretica
Sesamia nonagrioides
Spodoptera frugiperda
Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Frankliniella williamsi
Macrotermes michaelseni
Odontotermes somaliensis
Pseudacanthotermes militaris
Thrips pusillus

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Striga asiatica (weed)
Striga hermonthica (weed)