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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) - (Root crops)

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

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

diseases:

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria solani

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum coccodes
Verticillium dahliae

Bacteria:

Liberibacter solanacearum
Pectobacterium atrosepticum
Streptomyces scabiei

Basidiomycota:

Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:

Phytophthora erythroseptica
Phytophthora infestans
Plasmodiophora brassicae
Spongospora subterranea

Other plant diseases:

Potato spindle tuber viroid

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Globodera rostochiensis
Pratylenchus neglectus

Plant viruses:

Potato leafroll virus
Tobacco rattle virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Agriotes obscurus

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Myzus persicae

weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):

Erodium cicutarium (weed)