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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) - (Root crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: Benin

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

Ascomycota (other orders):

Neoscytalidium dimidiatum

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Curvularia lunata
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Macrophomina phaseolina
Neofusicoccum mangiferae

Bacteria:

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis

Plant viruses:

African cassava mosaic virus
East African cassava mosaic Cameroon virus

pests:

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aleurodicus dispersus
Phenacoccus manihoti

Lepidoptera:

Spodoptera eridania

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Zonocerus variegatus

Other pests:

Mononychellus tanajoa
Oligonychus gossypii
Tetranychus urticae