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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
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diseases:

Ascomycota (other orders):

Aspergillus flavus (plant/storage disease)

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Bipolaris maydis
Curvularia lunata
Exserohilum pedicellatum
Macrophomina phaseolina

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Fusarium proliferatum
Fusarium subglutinans
Fusarium verticillioides
Ustilaginoidea virens

Bacteria:

Burkholderia gladioli
Clavibacter nebraskensis
Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum

Basidiomycota:

Ceratobasidium cereale
Puccinia polysora
Puccinia sorghi
Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:

Globisporangium irregulare
Globisporangium spinosum
Globisporangium ultimum

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Hoplolaimus columbus
Meloidogyne incognita
Pratylenchus neglectus
Pratylenchus scribneri
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Scutellonema brachyurus
Xiphinema americanum

Plant viruses:

High Plains wheat mosaic virus
Maize chlorotic mottle virus
Maize rayado fino virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Diabrotica barberi
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Diabrotica virgifera
Sitophilus oryzae
Sitophilus zeamais

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Dalbulus maidis

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Blissus leucopterus
Lygus lineolaris
Nezara viridula

Lepidoptera:

Chrysodeixis includens
Diatraea grandiosella
Diatraea saccharalis
Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Eoreuma loftini
Helicoverpa zea
Heliothis virescens
Ostrinia nubilalis
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera frugiperda
Striacosta albicosta

Other pests:

Aceria tosichella
Oligonychus pratensis
Sus scrofa
Tetranychus urticae

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Acalypha ostryifolia (weed)
Lamium amplexicaule (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:

Helianthus annuus (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Amaranthus palmeri (weed)
Amaranthus retroflexus (weed)
Bassia scoparia (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Fabales:

Senna obtusifolia (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Malvales:

Abutilon theophrasti (weed)
Sida spinosa (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Ipomoea hederacea (weed)
Ipomoea lacunosa (weed)
Ipomoea purpurea (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Bromus tectorum (weed)
Chloris verticillata (weed)
Cyperus esculentus (weed)
Cyperus rotundus (weed)
Digitaria sanguinalis (weed)
Echinochloa crus-galli (weed)
Eriochloa contracta (weed)
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (weed)
Setaria viridis (weed)
Sorghum bicolor arundinaceum (weed)
Sorghum halepense (weed)
Urochloa platyphylla (weed)
Urochloa ramosa (weed)
Urochloa texana (weed)