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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) - (Root crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: U.S.A. (NE)

Information on all pests, diseases and weeds can be found in the downloadable Excel files
click on a pest/disease/weed to display a list of relevant publications

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diseases:

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria alternata
Alternaria grandis
Alternaria solani
Helminthosporium solani

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum coccodes
Fusarium acuminatum
Fusarium anguioides
Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium equiseti
Fusarium proliferatum
Fusarium sambucinum
Fusarium sporotrichioides
Fusarium torulosum
Gliomastix cerealis
Neocosmospora solani
Verticillium dahliae

Bacteria:

Dickeya dianthicola
Pectobacterium atrosepticum
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Pectobacterium parmentieri
Pectobacterium versatile
Streptomyces (genus)
Streptomyces scabiei
Streptomyces stelliscabiei

Basidiomycota:

Athelia rolfsii
Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:

Phytophthora cryptogea
Phytophthora erythroseptica
Phytophthora infestans
Phytophthora nicotianae

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Globodera rostochiensis
Meloidogyne hapla
Meloidogyne incognita
Pratylenchus penetrans
Pratylenchus scribneri

Plant viruses:

Impatiens necrotic spot virus
Potato aucuba mosaic virus
Potato mop-top virus
Potato virus S
Potato virus Y
Tobacco rattle virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Empoasca fabae

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Euschistus servus

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aphis nasturtii
Aulacorthum solani
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Myzus persicae

Lepidoptera:

Ostrinia nubilalis
Phthorimaea operculella

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Galeopsis tetrahit (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:

Gnaphalium uliginosum (weed)
Matricaria matricarioides (weed)
Tripleurospermum maritimum (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Brassicales:

Brassica rapa (weed)
Raphanus raphanistrum (weed)
Sinapis arvensis (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Chenopodium album (weed)
Fallopia convolvulus (weed)
Polygonum aviculare (weed)
Spergula arvensis (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Solanum physalifolium (weed)
Solanum sarrachoides (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Echinochloa crus-galli (weed)
Phleum pratense (weed)
Setaria faberi (weed)