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List of pests-diseases-weeds for crop/product: Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria alternata
Alternaria solani

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum coccodes

Bacteria:

Dickeya (genus)
Pectobacterium atrosepticum
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Pectobacterium wasabiae
Streptomyces scabiei
Streptomyces stelliscabiei

Basidiomycota:

Rhizoctonia AG-A
Rhizoctonia AG-R
Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:

Phytophthora infestans
Spongospora subterranea

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Globodera rostochiensis
Meloidogyne arenaria
Meloidogyne chitwoodi
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne hapla
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica

Plant viruses:

Potato virus Y

pests:

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Liriomyza huidobrensis
Liriomyza trifolii

Lepidoptera:

Phthorimaea operculella