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Yam (Dioscorea) - (Root crops)

Table of contents:
diseases
pests
weeds

(Detailed 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


diseases:

Ascomycota (other orders):
Neoscytalidium dimidiatum
Penicillium sclerotigenum

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:
Alternaria tenuissima
Cercospora apii
Curvularia eragrostidis
Lasiodiplodia iraniensis
Lasiodiplodia theobromae

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:
Colletotrichum alatae
Colletotrichum coccodes
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Neocosmospora falciformis
Neocosmospora solani
Phomopsis dioscoreae

Bacteria:
Pantoea agglomerans
Pseudomonas allii

Basidiomycota:
Athelia rolfsii
Rhizoctonia solani

Other fungal-like organisms:
Pythium myriotylum
Rhizopus stolonifer

Plant parasitic nematodes:
Aphelenchoides (genus)
Aphelenchoides besseyi
Helicotylenchus (genus)
Meloidogyne (genus)
Meloidogyne arenaria
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica
Pratylenchus (genus)
Pratylenchus brachyurus
Pratylenchus coffeae
Pratylenchus sudanensis
Radopholus similis
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Scutellonema (genus)
Scutellonema bradys
Scutellonema cavenessi
Scutellonema clathricaudatum
Scutellonema unum
Trichodorus (genus)

Plant viruses:
Badnavirus (genus)
Broad bean wilt virus 2
Carlavirus (genus)
Chinese yam necrotic mosaic virus
Cordyline virus 1
Cucumber mosaic virus
Dioscorea bacilliform virus
Dioscorea mosaic virus
Dioscorea mosaic-associated virus
Japanese yam mosaic virus
Passion fruit leaf distortion virus
Yam chlorotic necrotic mosaic virus
Yam mild mosaic virus
Yam mosaic virus
Yam virus X
Youcai mosaic virus


pests:

Coleoptera:
Dinoderus porcellus

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:
Aspidiella hartii
Planococcus dioscoreae
Planococcus halli

Lepidoptera:
Acrolepiopsis japonica
Acrolepiopsis nagaimo
Dasyses rugosella

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):
Acromyrmex octospinosus
Amitermes evuncifer

Other pests:
Sus scrofa


weeds:

Eudicotyledons (other orders):
Spermacoce verticillata (weed)

Eudicotyledons - Asterales:
Ageratum conyzoides (weed)

Monocotyledons:
Commelina benghalensis (weed)
Imperata cylindrica (weed)