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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) - (Root crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: New Zealand

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

diseases:

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria protenta

Bacteria:

Liberibacter solanacearum
Pectobacterium atrosepticum
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Pectobacterium wasabiae

Basidiomycota:

Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:

Spongospora subterranea

Other plant diseases:

Phytoplasma australiense

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Globodera pallida
Globodera rostochiensis
Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus
Meloidogyne fallax
Meloidogyne hapla
Meloidogyne incognita

Plant viruses:

Potato virus A
Potato virus M
Potato virus S
Potato virus Y

pests:

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Bactericera cockerelli

Lepidoptera:

Phthorimaea operculella

weeds:

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Solanum nigrum (weed)
Solanum physalifolium (weed)