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List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: India

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

Ascomycota (other orders):

Aspergillus flavus (plant/storage disease)

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Bipolaris maydis
Curvularia geniculata
Curvularia lunata
Exserohilum turcicum
Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Fusarium verticillioides
Magnaporthiopsis maydis

Bacteria:

Acidovorax avenae
Dickeya zeae

Basidiomycota:

Puccinia polysora
Rhizoctonia solani
Waitea circinata

Other fungal-like organisms:

Peronosclerospora heteropogoni
Peronosclerospora sorghi
Polymyxa graminis

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Heterodera zeae
Pratylenchus zeae

Plant viruses:

Fijivirus (genus)
Indian peanut clump virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Sitophilus oryzae

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Atherigona naqvii

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Melanaphis sacchari

Lepidoptera:

Chilo partellus
Corcyra cephalonica
Helicoverpa armigera
Sesamia inferens
Spodoptera frugiperda
Spodoptera litura

weeds:

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:

Parthenium hysterophorus (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Brassicales:

Gynandropsis pentaphylla (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Amaranthus polygamus (weed)
Amaranthus viridis (weed)
Portulaca quadrifida (weed)
Trianthema portulacastrum (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Datura fastuosa (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Dactyloctenium aegyptium (weed)
Dinebra retroflexa (weed)