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List of pests-diseases-weeds for crop/product: Avocado (Persea americana)

Information on all pests, diseases and weeds can be found in the downloadable Excel files
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diseases
pests

diseases:

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Pseudocercospora purpurea

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Dematophora necatrix
Neocosmospora euwallaceae

Other fungal-like organisms:

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Other plant diseases:

Avocado sunblotch viroid

pests:

Coleoptera:

Euwallacea fornicatus

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Ceratitis capitata
Ceratitis cosyra
Ceratitis rosa

Lepidoptera:

Orgyia mixta
Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Frankliniella occidentalis
Haplothrips gowdeyi
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Megalurothrips sjostedti
Scirtothrips aurantii
Selenothrips rubrocinctus
Thrips pusillus
Thrips tenellus