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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:

Ascomycota (other orders):

Aspergillus flavus (plant/storage disease)
Stenocarpella macrospora
Stenocarpella maydis

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Bipolaris maydis
Cercospora zeae-maydis
Curvularia lunata
Lasiodiplodia theobromae

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Fusarium verticillioides

Basidiomycota:

Marasmiellus paspali
Puccinia polysora

Other fungal-like organisms:

Peronosclerospora sorghi

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Meloidogyne incognita
Pratylenchus zeae

Plant viruses:

Maize streak virus
Maize yellow stripe virus
Sugarcane mosaic virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Sitophilus zeamais

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Cicadulina storeyi

Lepidoptera:

Busseola fusca
Chilo partellus
Coniesta ignefusalis
Eldana saccharina
Mussidia nigrivenella
Sesamia calamistis
Spodoptera frugiperda

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Amitermes evuncifer
Macrotermes bellicosus
Macrotermes nigeriensis
Macrotermes subhyalinus

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Oldenlandia corymbosa (weed)
Passiflora foetida (weed)
Phyllanthus amarus (weed)
Striga (weeds)
Striga hermonthica (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:

Synedrella nodiflora (weed)
Tridax procumbens (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Talinum triangulare (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Fabales:

Pueraria phaseoloides (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Malvales:

Corchorus tridens (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Commelina benghalensis (weed)
Imperata cylindrica (weed)
Kyllinga squamulata (weed)
Megathyrsus maximus (weed)