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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
pests
weeds

diseases:

Ascomycota (other orders):

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

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Cercospora zeae-maydis
Cercospora zeina
Exserohilum turcicum

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Fusarium boothii
Fusarium carminascens
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium globosum
Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium meridionale
Fusarium subglutinans
Fusarium temperatum
Fusarium verticillioides

Bacteria:

Pantoea ananatis
Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum

Basidiomycota:

Puccinia sorghi

Plant viruses:

Maize associated pteridovirus
Maize streak virus
Morogoro maize-associated alphanucleorhabdovirus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Gonocephalum (genus)
Gonocephalum gridellii
Gonocephalum simplex
Heteronychus arator

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Rhopalosiphum maidis

Lepidoptera:

Agrotis segetum
Busseola fusca
Chilo partellus
Eublemma gayneri
Helicoverpa armigera
Sesamia calamistis
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera frugiperda

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Locusta migratoria
Microtermes (genus)
Odontotermes (genus)

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Striga asiatica (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Cyperus esculentus (weed)
Digitaria nuda (weed)