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List of pests-diseases-weeds for crop/product: Banana/plantain (Musa)

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

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Bipolaris sacchari
Pseudocercospora fijiensis
Pseudocercospora musae

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Acrostalagmus luteoalbus
Colletotrichum musae
Panama disease of banana

Bacteria:

Moko disease of banana

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Helicotylenchus (genus)
Helicotylenchus dihystera
Helicotylenchus multicinctus
Meloidogyne arenaria
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne javanica
Pratylenchus (genus)

Plant viruses:

Banana streak OL virus
Cucumber mosaic virus

pests:

Lepidoptera:

Antichloris eriphia
Caligo illioneus
Opogona sacchari

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Bradinothrips musae
Chaetanaphothrips orchidii
Danothrips trifasciatus
Elixothrips brevisetis
Frankliniella brevicaulis
Meroncidius intermedius

Other pests:

Raoiella indica

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Euphorbia hirta (weed)
Oxalis corniculata (weed)
Phyllanthus tenellus (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:

Ageratum conyzoides (weed)
Cyanthillium cinereum (weed)
Emilia sonchifolia (weed)
Youngia japonica (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Ipomoea cairica (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Commelina benghalensis (weed)
Commelina diffusa (weed)
Cyperus rotundus (weed)
Digitaria horizontalis (weed)
Digitaria sanguinalis (weed)
Eleusine indica (weed)
Hymenachne pernambucense (weed)
Kyllinga brevifolia (weed)
Megathyrsus maximus (weed)
Paspalum conjugatum (weed)
Tripogandra diuretica (weed)
Urochloa mutica (weed)

Pteridophytes:

Pteridium aquilinum (weed)