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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) - (Root crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: Nigeria

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

diseases:

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Curvularia lunata
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Macrophomina phaseolina
Neofusicoccum mangiferae

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Bacteria:

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Meloidogyne arenaria
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica

Plant viruses:

African cassava mosaic virus
East African cassava mosaic Cameroon virus
East African cassava mosaic virus
South African cassava mosaic virus

pests:

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Pseudotheraptus devastans

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aleurodicus dispersus
Bemisia tabaci
Phenacoccus manihoti

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Zonocerus variegatus

Other pests:

Mononychellus tanajoa

weeds:

Eudicotyledons - Fabales:

Mimosa invisa (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Imperata cylindrica (weed)