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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) - (Root crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: Canada (east)

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

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria solani
Helminthosporium solani

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium caeruleum
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium sambucinum
Verticillium alboatrum
Verticillium dahliae

Bacteria:

Streptomyces acidiscabies
Streptomyces caviscabies
Streptomyces europaeiscabiei
Streptomyces scabiei

Other fungal-like organisms:

Globisporangium ultimum
Phytophthora erythroseptica
Phytophthora infestans
Spongospora subterranea
Synchytrium endobioticum

Other plant diseases:

Potato spindle tuber viroid
Potato tuber necrotic ringspot disease

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Globodera pallida
Globodera rostochiensis
Meloidogyne hapla
Pratylenchus penetrans

Plant viruses:

Alfalfa mosaic virus
Potato leafroll virus
Potato mop-top virus
Potato virus A
Potato virus M
Potato virus Y

pests:

Coleoptera:

Agriotes obscurus
Agriotes sputator
Epitrix cucumeris
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Melanotus (genus - wireworms)

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Liriomyza huidobrensis

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Empoasca fabae

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aphis nasturtii
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Myzus persicae

Lepidoptera:

Ostrinia nubilalis

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Erodium cicutarium (weed)
Galeopsis tetrahit (weed)
Stachys palustris (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (weed)
Cirsium arvense (weed)
Leucanthemum vulgare (weed)
Matricaria discoidea (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Brassicales:

Raphanus raphanistrum (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Caryophyllales:

Amaranthus powellii (weed)
Amaranthus retroflexus (weed)
Cerastium fontanum (weed)
Chenopodium album (weed)
Fallopia convolvulus (weed)
Persicaria lapathifolia (weed)
Persicaria maculosa (weed)
Spergula arvensis (weed)
Stellaria media (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Fabales:

Vicia cracca (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Solanum physalifolium (weed)

Monocotyledons:

Cyperus esculentus (weed)
Digitaria ischaemum (weed)
Echinochloa crus-galli (weed)
Elymus repens (weed)
Panicum capillare (weed)
Setaria faberi (weed)
Setaria pumila (weed)
Setaria viridis (weed)

Pteridophytes:

Equisetum arvense (weed)