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Cotton (Gossypium) - (Fibre crops)

List of pests-diseases-weeds for country: India

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

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria macrospora
Corynespora cassiicola
Corynespora torulosa
Macrophomina phaseolina
Ramulariopsis gossypii

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum siamense
Fusarium gossypinum

Bacteria:

Pantoea dispersa
Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum

Basidiomycota:

Athelia rolfsii
Rhizoctonia bataticola
Rhizoctonia solani
Sclerotium delphinii

Other plant diseases:

Phytoplasma asteris

Plant viruses:

Cotton leaf curl Bangalore virus
Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus
Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus
Cotton leaf curl Multan virus
Cotton leaf curl Rajasthan virus
Cotton leaf curl virus
Groundnut bud necrosis virus
Tobacco streak virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Mylabris pustulata
Myllocerus undecimpustulatus
Pempherulus affinis

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Liriomyza trifolii

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Amrasca biguttula

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Dysdercus cingulatus
Dysdercus koenigii
Oxycarenus laetus

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aphis gossypii
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci biotype Asia I
Bemisia tabaci biotype Asia II 1
Bemisia tabaci biotype Asia II 7
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Paracoccus marginatus
Phenacoccus solenopsis

Lepidoptera:

Agrotis ipsilon
Anomis flava
Bucculatrix loxoptila
Earias insulana
Earias vittella
Helicoverpa armigera
Pectinophora gossypiella
Pericallia ricini
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera litura
Syllepte derogata

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Microtermes obesi
Thrips palmi
Thrips tabaci

Other pests:

Tetranychus macfarlanei