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Luffa (genus) - (Fibre 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 - Dothideomycetes:

Alternaria cucumerina

Ascomycota - Leotiomycetes:

Botrytis cinerea
Podosphaera xanthii

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Colletotrichum fructicola
Colletotrichum magnum
Colletotrichum siamense
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. luffae
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum

Bacteria:

Pseudomonas cichorii
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum

Other fungal-like organisms:

Phytophthora nicotianae
Plasmopara australis
Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Other plant diseases:

16SrI phytoplasma group
16SrIII phytoplasma group
Phytoplasma asteris
Phytoplasma luffae

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Meloidogyne hapla
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica
Meloidogyne luci

Plant viruses:

Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus
Cucumber mosaic virus
Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus
Loofah yellow mosaic virus
Papaya ringspot virus
Papaya ringspot virus W
Tomato chlorosis virus
Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus
Watermelon bud necrosis virus
Zucchini lethal chlorosis virus
Zucchini tigre mosaic virus
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

pests:

Coleoptera:

Aulacophora foveicollis
Chnootriba elaterii

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera latifrons
Dacus axanus
Dacus bivittatus
Dacus ciliatus
Dacus punctatifrons
Dacus solomonensis
Liriomyza sativae
Zeugodacus atrisetosus
Zeugodacus cilifer
Zeugodacus cucurbitae
Zeugodacus tau

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Hishimonus concavus

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Bemisia tabaci

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Thrips palmi

weeds:

Eudicotyledons - Solanales:

Physalis minima (weed)