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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) - (Root crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: U.S.A. (mid S)

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):

Geotrichum candidum

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Ceratocystis fimbriata
Fusarium denticulatum
Fusarium lateritium

Bacteria:

Dickeya (genus)
Dickeya dadantii
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Streptomyces ipomoeae

Other fungal-like organisms:

Pythium myriotylum
Rhizopus stolonifer

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne incognita

Plant viruses:

Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus
Sweet potato feathery mottle virus
Sweet potato leaf curl virus
Sweet potato virus 2
Sweet potato virus G

pests:

Coleoptera:

Cylas formicarius
Phyllophaga ephilida

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aphis gossypii
Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
Myzus persicae
Rhopalosiphum padi
Therioaphis trifolii
Trialeurodes abutilonea

weeds:

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Amaranthus retroflexus (weed)
Amaranthus spinosus (weed)
Mollugo verticillata (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Ipomoea hederacea (weed)
Ipomoea lacunosa (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Cyperus esculentus (weed)
Cyperus rotundus (weed)
Urochloa platyphylla (weed)