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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) - (Root crops)

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

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

Ascomycota (other orders):

Geotrichum candidum

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria alternata
Alternaria arborescens
Alternaria solani
Alternaria tenuissima
Helminthosporium solani

Ascomycota - Leotiomycetes:

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum coccodes
Fusarium sambucinum
Verticillium alboatrum
Verticillium dahliae
Verticillium isaacii

Bacteria:

Clavibacter sepedonicus
Liberibacter solanacearum
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Pectobacterium parmentieri
Pectobacterium versatile
Pectobacterium wasabiae

Basidiomycota:

Rhizoctonia AG-A
Rhizoctonia AG-K
Rhizoctonia AG-W
Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:

Globisporangium ultimum
Phytophthora erythroseptica
Phytophthora infestans
Spongospora subterranea

Other plant diseases:

16SrIII phytoplasma group
16SrVI phytoplasma group
Phytoplasma asteris
Phytoplasma trifolii

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Globodera ellingtonae
Globodera pallida
Meloidogyne chitwoodi
Meloidogyne hapla
Paratrichodorus (genus)
Paratrichodorus allius
Paratrichodorus teres
Pratylenchus penetrans

Plant viruses:

Impatiens necrotic spot virus
Potato leafroll virus
Potato mop-top virus
Potato virus A
Potato virus M
Potato virus Y
Tobacco rattle virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Limonius canus

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Circulifer tenellus

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Lygus (genus)
Lygus elisus
Lygus hesperus
Lygus keltoni

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Bactericera cockerelli
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Myzus persicae
Rhopalosiphum padi

Lepidoptera:

Phthorimaea operculella

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Frankliniella occidentalis
Thrips tabaci

Other pests:

Scutigerella immaculata

weeds:

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Amaranthus (weeds)
Amaranthus retroflexus (weed)
Bassia scoparia (weed)
Chenopodium album (weed)
Salsola tragus (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Malvales:

Malva neglecta (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Solanum dulcamara (weed)
Solanum nigrum (weed)
Solanum physalifolium (weed)
Solanum sarrachoides (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Avena fatua (weed)
Cyperus esculentus (weed)
Digitaria sanguinalis (weed)
Echinochloa crus-galli (weed)
Setaria viridis (weed)